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British troops attack and capture an Italian desert fort in Libya and take them as prisoners during World War 2
A film titled 'British forces rout Italian;take prisoners' shows wrecked airplanes as British troops fire at Italian positions to capture a desert fort in Libya. Britishers take over the fort and tanks roll into the town. Italian soldiers taken as prisoners of war are seen. British officers pose for a photograph.
German Forces take food with Arab chiefs and bathe in Libya, North Africa during the World War II.
German Military in Libya, North Africa during World War II. German Pz.III tanks drive into the desert. German troops and Italian AB41 Armored vehicle convoy enters into a city. The locals salute the Germans. German armored cars seen. The Germans have food with the Arab chiefs. The German soldiers bathe at the oasis.
Ruins of Roman Empire, Turkish Empire and fascist rule in Libya.
A film depicts ruins in Libya. Ruins from the Roman Empire. A statue of Caesar. Remains of Turkish architecture from the Turkish Empire. Fascist memorials are seen from the Italian fascist period. People go past a memorial. A ship in a harbor near the memorial. 'Duce' written on a wall, referring to Italian dictator Mussonlini from the World War 2 period.
The British 8th Army under General Montgomery and Air Marshal Cunningham prepares for battle in Libya, Egypt.
The British 8th Army prepares for 7th battle of Libya in the sands of Egypt. General Montgomery and Air Marshal Cunningham in Egypt. Troops unload supplies from trucks. Soldiers load, fire machine guns and tanks. Fleet of United States aircraft take off from open ground. Soldiers drop bombs over enemy targets. Explosions on the ground. Troops advance with tanks. German prisoners held. Dead soldiers. (World War II period).
German troops advance against Allies at Tobruk, in Libya, during World War II.
German soldiers battle against the British in their drive against Tobruk, Libya during World War II. Italian and German soldiers load and fire artillery. Fire and explosion at British positions. German General Erwin Rommel looks through binoculars. German soldiers seated near a trench. General Rommel speaks to the soldiers. The soldiers drink water from their canteens. Wrecked British armor. Black smoke rising from a number of knocked out British tanks. General Rommel confers with his officers from his command half-track "Greif." German soldiers tie a Nazi flag on the gun barrel of a British tank. Afrika Corps soldiers erect a prefabricated heavy duty wooden bridge over a small ravine. German armor advances past burning British vehicles. The Germans capture British supplies. A soldier seen carrying a large tin labeled "water." A contingent of the first captured British soldiers are marched toward the rear. Later, more than 20,000 British prisoners are seen streaming from Tobruk. German soldiers advance with captured British softskin vehicles. The artillery being towed by a truck. German Pz.III and Pz.IV tanks advance.
Wrecked tanks, airplanes and guns litter a desert and British 8th Army troops on tanks roll past the wreckage in Libya.
British 8th Army tanks roll past wreckage of German Field Marshal Erwin Rommel's Afrika Corps in Libya during World War II . Wrecked German tanks, German airplanes and guns litter the desert. British troops stand around a field gun. A wrecked truck in the background. A wrecked Nazi seaplane. British 8th Army troops on tanks roll past the wreckage. A burning German truck. The British troops in tanks and jeeps cross a flooded road. Supply bases are established on the route. Harbor at at Marsa Matruh Egypt littered with wrecked supply ships and German seaplanes. Nazi prisoners in trucks along a road towards a prison camp. Italian prisoners driving themselves to prison camps even though not under guard. Nazi prisoners in line entering a prisoner of war camp. A high ranked Nazi officer is searched. Some Nazi prisoners seated and a few stand.
