Wartime Tobruk in pictures

Discussion in 'North Africa & the Med' started by Kieron Hill, Oct 28, 2009.

  1. Kieron Hill

    Kieron Hill Senior Member

    Have you ever wondered what wartime Tobruk
    Looked like to men serving there? Over the past
    Few years I have collecting such images and
    Now have quite a collection, so please enjoy.

    The approach roads to Tobruk


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    Images of Tobruk


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    View down to the harbour

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    Two pictures of direct hits on the shipping in the harbour

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    Water would have been a real concern during the siege

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    POW transit camp

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    Churchill drawn on a wall

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    Another bombing raid by Stukas

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    We will remember them…the fallen

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    Ever wondered where they got the nickname “Rats of Tobruk” probably
    Safer than sleeping in the town

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    View of the town from a Spanish farm

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    Australian war memorial


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    A destroyed Italian crusier used an a anti aircraft battery

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    Well I hope you all now have a better idea of how
    Tobruk looked in those war torn years
     
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  2. Kieron Hill

    Kieron Hill Senior Member

    Forgot these two

    The show must go on, George Formby entertains the troops

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  3. Drew5233

    Drew5233 #FuturePilot 1940 Obsessive

    Great Pic's Kieron - Any chance you can enlarge the smaller ones?
     
  4. Kieron Hill

    Kieron Hill Senior Member

    Cheers Drew I will resize them had a
    little problem when scanning them to tell
    the truth
     
  5. scubasami

    scubasami med-man

  6. Smudger Jnr

    Smudger Jnr Our Man in Berlin

    Kieron,

    As Andy stated, great photographs. If you can resize them without losing definition, it would be great.

    Regards
    Tom
     

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