Description: ALL Photos ARE ORIGINAL FROM THE TIME, THEY ARE NOT MODERN REPRINTS. I COMBINE POSTAGE IF BUYING MULTIPLE ITEMS. SIZE IN CENTIMETRES - 20.5cm x 25.5cm. (10x8 Inch). SUBJECT - Original Press Photo WW2, Halfaya garrison surrender in the Libyan desert.Western Desert, Egypt. 20 January 1942. Flying over Halfaya soon after the surrender of the garrison on 17 January 1942, an Air Ministry photographer took this aerial photograph which shows knocked out tanks, armoured vehicles and emplacements. To the right can be seen the graves of members of the garrison.On 17 January 1942 the Axis garrison of the Halfaya Pass surrendered, just before a final attack was supposed to go in and capture the pass. It consisted of about 6,000 men, with ca. 60% of them Italian, and the remainder German. The commander was the Italian General Fedele de Giorgis, General Officer Commanding 55 ‘Savona’ infantry division, who was awarded the Knights Cross for the defense he conducted. After the war he became commander of the Carabinieri corps of the Italian army. More famous is the senior German officer, Major Wilhelm Bach, a former protestant priest, who commanded I./SR104, the German motorised rifle battalion charged with the defense of the pass.DATE - 20.1.1942.PRESS STAMP / Information sheet - please see images above. PAYMENT MUST BE MADE WITHIN 3 DAYS.
Price: 12 GBP
Location: Shadoxhurst
End Time: 2025-01-15T16:40:38.000Z
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Type: Photographs
Issued/ Not-Issued: Issued
Conflict: World War II (1939-1945)
Era: 1914-1945
Country/ Organization: Great Britain
Service: Army
Theme: Militaria
Country/Region of Manufacture: United Kingdom
