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Other titles:BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: Activity on the road from Buerat to Tripoli, Libya. The surrender of Tripoli.
Description: Enemy vehicles left by the roadside including a burnt out oil tanker and a camouflaged Italian gun. Letters and belongings of the crew are scattered about. Royal Engineers filling in craters left by enemy bombing of the road. A soldier works at destroying a Heil Hitler sign scratched on a wall. A dead Italian soldier by the roadside. A column of armoured cars on the road. Traffic passes over the repaired craters on a hillside road. A long column of tanks passes along the road, 55 km from Tripoli. Burning buildings outside Tripoli. Sign for Tripoli at the entrance to the town. Civilians watch the tanks assembled in the main square. Men of the Highland Division, who were among the first infantry to enter. A piper plays bagpipes in the square. Civilians wait for the Union Jack to be hoisted. They applaud as it goes up. Lieutenant-General Montgomery receiving and talking to Italian officials at Castel Benito gateway. The Italian officials leave in their car. Montgomery drives through Tripoli and past a line of tanks, warmly applauded by civilians. A parade of tanks passing through the town with troops from the Highland Division sitting on them.
Bren carriers on the road just outside Homs. Lieutenant-General Montgomery follows a diversion in his car to avoid a completely demolished bridge, followed by his tank. A signboard for Tripoli. The tank "Monty" with two of the crew. Montgomery consults with officers over a map, 20km from Homs on the Tripoli road. He walks forward to survey the land ahead. Lorried infantry and Bren carriers passing along the road. A badly wounded soldier lays by the roadside waiting for an ambulance. An Italian advertising showcard nailed to a lorry, with a picture of an Italian woman and the inscription in English "Now in Tripoli". Prisoners marching.
Alternative Title:BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]