EIGHTH ARMY'S ADVANCE. THIS GERMAN FLAK 18 DUAL PURPOSE 8.8 CM ANTI TANK ACK ACK GUN DID TWO ...

Place Africa: North Africa, Western Desert
Accession Number 014320
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white, Landscape
Physical description Black & white, Landscape
Maker Hurley, James Francis (Frank)
Place made North Africa: Western Desert, Western Desert (Egypt), El Alamein Area, El Daba
Date made 9 February 1943
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

EIGHTH ARMY'S ADVANCE. THIS GERMAN FLAK 18 DUAL PURPOSE 8.8 CM ANTI TANK ACK ACK GUN DID TWO JOBS AND DID THEM BOTH WELL. EIGHTH ARMY TROOPS SAY IT WAS ONE OF THE FINEST WEAPONS USED AGAINST THEM. NOW SENUSSI ARABS ARE TRYING TO MASTER ITS MECHANISM WHILE IT AWAITS THE ATTENTION OF THE SALVAGE CORPS.