1942 Overview of troop communications and events in the Middle East during 1942
April 22, 2026
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2:42Now Playing1942 Overview of troop communications and events in the Middle East during 1942
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as posted by the channelDate: 6th August 1942
Location: Western Desert
Source: Reuters Historical News Collection: GAUMONT BRITISH NEWSREEL (REUTERS)
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SLATE INFORMATION: Further Despatches from Egypt
EGYPT: Various:
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AEROPLANES, American. KITTYHAWK FIGHTER BOMBERS get ready & take off in Western Desert
COOKING & COOKING UTENSILS ETC. Cooks make flap-jacks for troops in W. Desert.. troops rush to get food etc.
GERMANY - MILITARY. Wrecked German planes & tanks on Hill of Jesus in W. Desert
MILITARY BRITISH. Linesmen at work on overhead wires in W.Desert..at work in lorry & running new cable..works under fire.. reunion of men who escaped from Tobruk..various regts. & a N.Zealander..wrecked German tanks & planes on Tel el Eisa..armoured car reports enemy movement..telephone (field) at work..Kittyhawk fighter bombers get ready & take off..more Italian prisoners..cooking
PRISONERS OF WAR. More Italian prisoners taken in Western Desert
TELEPHONE Desert linesmen at work in W. Desert..in lorry ..on overhead wires..lay cable..field telephone at work
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telephone, phone, wire, line, El Alamein, wreckage, battlefield, POW, prisoner of war, linesman, WWII
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