Quote: Originally posted by harribobs@Jan 27 2005, 05:00 AM
Great photos, i have some similiar ones taken by my father, including a shot of the Polish Memorial ( at Tobruk, I believe)
I have posted a couple of the others under a new thread to try to get a little more information
| That would likely be Tobruk. The Polish Carpathian Brigade was committed to action to relieve Australian troops at Tobruk when the 9th Australians were withdrawn from the besieged port in favor of the 70th British Division. The Poles initially did not honor the two-hour truce at Tobruk that the Aussies had with the Germans, to collect wounded and bring up water, as they hated the Germans for occupying their country. But the Poles soon realized the value to that gesture, and the two-hour truces resumed.
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