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Other titles:BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: Australian shots for a special edition of War Pictorial News on the theme "Britain has struck". Co-operation of three fighting services. Emphasis on huge number of prisoners. Entry of Australians into Tobruk.
Description: General Mackay, Officer Commanding the Australian 6th Division, giving a speech on the eve of the battle. Silhouette shots of carriers and trucks moving up. Several shots of the British artillery in action. A gun firing. Several shots of Italian shells bursting near the artillery. Close up of gun firing. A shell almost scores a direct hit on a gun. A Lysander spotting plane flies overhead. 6-inch Howitzers in action. Close up of Howitzer firing. Smashed Italian guns in their emplacement, a dead Italian soldier lies on the ground. Close up of three Australian soldiers walking up to three puppies outside a kennel by the gun emplacement and picking them up. Australian infantrymen inspect the gun. Prisoners passing by the gun. Hordes of Italian prisoners passing. Some carry their own wounded. A white flag waves on a post. Wounded men receiving water. An Italian bandages another man's hand. The man with the bandaged hand, Prisoners in the compound are searched for concealed weapons. Close up of prisoners. Prisoners walking along the beach.
Prisoners walking along the road from Tobruk against a background of smoke from the harbour. A group of Italian naval and military officers leading a column of prisoners out of the town, some of them are wearing large sunglasses. Prisoners marching into the concentration area. A British plane flies overhead. Silhouette of Australian soldiers talking at sunset, one is smoking a pipe. A silent gun against the sunset.
Alternative Title:BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
Personalities, Units and Organisations: Mackay, Iven Giffard (person)
Australian Army, 6th Australian Division (regiment/service)
Italian Army (regiment/service)
Keywords: North Africa 1939-1945 (theme)
Tobruk, Butnan, Libya (geography)
Tobruk 1941, North Africa, Second World War (event)