WESTERN DESERT - WHEN THE ITIES (ITALIANS) FLED BEFORE THE ATTACK THEY VERY CONVENIENTLY LEFT ...

Place Africa: North Africa, Western Desert
Accession Number 004422
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Maker Hurley, James Francis (Frank)
Place made North Africa: Western Desert
Date made 15 December 1940
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

WESTERN DESERT - WHEN THE ITIES (ITALIANS) FLED BEFORE THE ATTACK THEY VERY CONVENIENTLY LEFT THEIR OWN TRANSPORT BEHIND. IF THEY HAD OMITTED THIS FORMALITY THE COUNTLESS PRISONERS WHO APPARENTLY PREFER DISCRETION TO VALOUR, WOULD HAVE FOUND IT NECESSARY TO WALK TO THE PRISON CAMPS INSTEAD OF DRIVING THEMSELVES.