1943 Italy surrenders to Britain on Libyan battlefront

Date: 23rd January 1943

Location: Cairo, Egypt

Source: Reuters Historical News Collection: GAUMONT BRITISH NEWSREEL (REUTERS)

Gaumont British Ident

SLATE INFORMATION: Victory in Libya - Entry Into Tripoli - The Eighth Army Smashes the Last Stronghold of Italy's Empire

LIBYA: Tripoli:

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AFRICA. TRIPOLI. General Montgomery's 8th Army captures Libyan city of Tripoli. Prime Minister Winston Churchill visits.

ALEXANDER, General with Churchill in Cairo

BROOKE, Sir Alan. with Churchill in Cairo

CAIRO P.M. flies to with Lord Lampson, Mr. Casey, Gens. Alexander, Brooke, Wilson, Ad, Harwood

CASEY. Mr. (Australian Minister) with Churchill in Cairo

CHURCHILL. Flies to Cyprus in R.A.F.uniform..speaks

CHURCHILL. Flies to Cairo..flies to Tripoli..greets Montgomery..address & reviews troops..Highlanders march past

CYPRUS. Mr. Churchill flies to..speaks

FLAGS Union Jack hoisted in Tripoli

GUNS. Bofor in action in Africa

HAREWOOD. Rear Admiral Sir Henry. W. Churchill in Cairo

LAMPSON Sir Miles W. Churchill in Cairo

MILITARY BRITISH. Advance to TRIPOLI..J.U. 87 crash & wreck..Red Cross.. casualties..few German prisoners..tanks advance.. Brens enter Tripoli..Montgomery w. Italian Vice-Gov.. Highlanders w: pipes enter..P.M. reviews

MONTGOMERY, Lt. General. C.U. Montgomery..w.Tripoli Italian Vice Gov:.

PRISONERS OF WAR. Few Germans taken in Tripoli advance..Italian Vice Governor surrenders to Genral Montgomery

RED CROSS. Attended A.A. casualties Beni Ulid Africa

TANKS. Tanks advance to TRIPOLI..enter w. Piper

TRIPOLI N. AFRICA (LIBYA) British troops enter. Italian Governor surrenders to Gen.Montgomery. Prime Minister Churchill arrives. Highlanders march past playing pipes. Aerial views

WILSON, General SIR HENRY MAITLAND (C in C British Troops in Egypt). In Cairo w.Churchill

World War II, WWII, World War Two, Allies, Benito Amilcare Andrea Mussolini , Second World War, Battle of Egypt, Battle of Libya

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