Sidi el Barrani

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Psycho Sam
view post Posted on 11/7/2007, 23:33




Some pictures I found :B): If you have anymore please share them :D

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Grollo
view post Posted on 17/7/2007, 08:39




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Italian trench in Sidi Barrani

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Valentine Tank - Group C near Sidi Barrani
 
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Grollo
view post Posted on 20/7/2007, 11:33




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Matilda II moving toward Sidi Barrani
 
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Grollo
view post Posted on 8/8/2007, 09:01




Bingo!!! :D

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1940-12-12. SIDI BARRANI - A CHAIN OF ITALIAN PRISONERS HELP TO UNLOAD STORES FROM A BRITISH TENDER. AN ARMED CRUISER OF THE BRITISH FLEET STANDS OFF-SHORE WAITING TO REMOVE SOME OF THEM TO SAFTER QUARTERS. (PHOTOGRAPHED BY F. HURLEY).

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1940-12-13. SIDI BARRANI - A GROUP OF ITALIAN PRISONERS WATCH A UNIT OF BRITISH "COMMANDERS" DISEMBARK WITH STORES FROM A SUPPLY SHIP. (PHOTOGRAPHED BY F. HURLEY).

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1940-12-13. SIDI BARRANI - A SEEMINGLY ENDLESS CHAIN OF ITALIAN PRISONERS CAME INTO BARRANI AFTER THE FORTRESS HAD FALLEN. AS SOON AS THE BRITISH STORE SHIPS ARRIVED THE ITALIANS WERE PUT TO WORK TO UNLOAD THEM. THEY SHOWED NO DISINCLINATION TO HELP, PROBABLY BECAUSE THE EXERCISE HELPED TO KEEP THEM WARM.

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1940-12-13. SIDI BARRANI - AMONG THE THOUSANDS OF TONS OF STORES & ARMAMENTS ABANDONED BY THE ITALIANS WAS THIS GREAT NAVAL GUN IN THE COURTYARD OF THE BARRACKS AT BARRANI. (PHOTOGRAPHED BY F. HURLEY).

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1940-12-13. SIDI BARRANI - HEAVY MOTOR TRUCKS WERE ABANDONED BY THE ITALIANS AS THEY FLED BEFORE THE VICTORIOUS BRITISH ARMY. (PHOTOGRAPHED BY F. HURLEY).

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1940-12-14. NEAR BARRANI - A GROUP OF BRITISH TOMMIES ON WAY BACK FROM SOLLUM STOP AT BARRANI TO SEE THE SIGHTS ... THE FAMOUS "LIBERATION" MONUMENT THAT STIRS THEM TO FERVENT MIRTH. (PHOTOGRAPHED BY F. HURLEY).

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1940-12-14. NEAR SIDI BARRANI, EGYPT. ON INTO THE NIGHT THE HEAVY TANKS LUMBER INTO ACTION AGAINST THE RETREATING ENEMY.

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1940-12-14. SIDI BARRANI, EGYPT. A STREAM OF THE INCREDIBLE NUMBER OF ITALIAN PRISONERS COMING INTO SIDI BARRANI FROM THE BUG-BUG AREA. WE ARE SUPPOSED TO HAVE TAKEN TWICE AS MANY PRISONERS AS WE HAD MEN IN THE FIELD.

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1940-12-15. NEAR SIDI BARRANI - ITALIAN PRISONERS MARCH PAST THEIR "LIBERATION OF LIBYA" MONUMENT DURING THE PROCESS OF THE RELIBERATION. (PHOTOGRAPHED BY F. HURLEY).

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1940-14-14. SIDI BARRANI, EGYPT. IN THE COURTYARD OF THE DAMAGED BARRACKS AFTER THE NAVAL BOMBARDMENT OF THIS ITALIAN STRONGHOLD.

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SIDI BARRANI, EGYPT. 1941. A LONG LINE OF ITALIAN SOLDIERS MAKE THEIR WAY AROUND A CURVE ON A GRAVEL ROAD. THEY CARRY THEIR POSSESSIONS AS WELL AS WEAPONS. (DONOR K. COOK)

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SIDI BARRANI, EGYPT. 1941? BILL CRAIGIE OF 2/2ND FIELD WORKSHOP, AT THE WHEEL OF A SPA CLF39 TRUCK, ONE OF THE FIRST CAPTURED ITALIAN VEHICLES. (DONOR J. ALEXANDER)

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SIDI BARRANI, EGYPT. 1941. BILLOWS OF SMOKE RISING BEHIND A TANK AS A BOMB EXPLODES DURING THE CAMPAIGN IN THE WESTERN DESERT. (DONOR K. COOK)

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SIDI BARRANI, EGYPT. 1941. GUNNERS IN ACTION IN A GUN EMPLACEMENT IN THE DESERT. (DONOR K. COOK)

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SIDI BARRANI, EGYPT. 1941. GUNNERS IN ACTION IN THE DESERT. (DONOR K. COOK)

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SIDI BARRANI, EGYPT. 1941? INTERIOR VIEW OF COOK HOUSE WITH TOM HIERA (THE COOK) CUTTING MEAT FOR BRAISED STEAK. (DONOR J. ALEXANDER)

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SIDI BARRANI, EGYPT. 1941. TWO GUNNERS SURVEY THE AREA FROM A VANTAGE POINT ON A ROCKY OUTCROP ABOVE THE DESERT. (DONOR K. COOK)

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SIDI BARRANI, EGYPT. 1941-01. COOK HOUSE FOR 2/2ND FIELD WORKSHOP. NOTE WATER BARRELS IN THE FOREGROUND. (DONOR J. ALEXANDER)

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Sidi Barrani, Egypt. C. 1941-11. Pay parade for personnel of No. 3 (Tomahawk) Squadron RAAF at their base in the Western Desert.

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Sidi Barrani, Egypt. C. 1941-12. "Cumangetit" cries the cook and this digger gets his breakfast before the rush starts. Popular 'Cookie' was chef in a Sydney, NSW, restaurant before the war and is now serving with No. 3 (Tomahawk) Squadron RAAF in the Western Desert.

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Western Desert, Egypt. 15 November 1942. This wrecked Schneider gun was among the remains of bomb shattered motor transport near Sidi Barrani. A Tommy gun and a rifle are on the gun where enemy soldiers had left them in their hurried retreat.

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Edited by Grollo - 8/8/2007, 10:17
 
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Grollo
view post Posted on 9/8/2007, 01:00




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The italian "liberation of lybia" monument.

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Sidi el Barrani

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M11/39 Italian tanks

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Italian prisoners after the battle of Sidi Barrani

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Bren Gun Carriers approaching Sidi Barrani Barracks area



Edited by Grollo - 9/8/2007, 02:38
 
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Psycho Sam
view post Posted on 9/8/2007, 01:51




Someone give this man a medal :O
 
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Valerio_
view post Posted on 26/2/2008, 16:37




-Così appariva ai nostri aerei da ricognizione la base britannica di Sidi el Barrani, uno dei più muniti capisaldi alle porte dell'Egitto

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