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In 1943 one battery of Royal Artillery was annihilated by an overwhelming German attack, but its brave selfsacrifice saved countless lives.
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Kesselring image
By Bundesarchiv, Bild 183R93434 / CCBYSA 3.0, CC BYSA 3.0 de, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...

Rommel
By Bundesarchiv, Bild 146197701813A / Otto / CCBYSA 3.0, CC BYSA 3.0 de, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...

Tiger
By Bundesarchiv, Bild 101I554087235 / Pirath, Helmuth / CCBYSA 3.0, CC BYSA 3.0 de, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...

German prisoners
By Bowman (Sgt), No 2 Army Film & Photographic Unit http://media.iwm.org.uk/iwm/mediaLib/... is photograph NA 1882 from the collections of the Imperial War Museums., Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...

Knocked out Tiger
By Unknown author http://weltkrieg2.de/Kriegstagebuch/1..., Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...

Hurricanes
By F/O G. Woodbine, Royal Air Force official photographer This is photograph TR 866 from the collections of the Imperial War Museums., Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...

5.5" medium artilelry battery
No 5 Army Film & Photographic Unit, Laing (Sgt) / Public domain

Hanomag 251
Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I217049331,_RusslandSüd,_Schützenpanzerwagen

Verey (or Very) pistol
By Billlion Own work, CC BYSA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...

Lord Milne
By (Mary) Olive Edis (Mrs Galsworthy) (18761955) NPG, PDUS, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?...

81mm mortar
Bundesarchiv, Bild 101I577191708 / Haas / CCBYSA 3.0 / CC BYSA 3.0 DE (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...)

25 pdrs
By Sergeant Travis, No 1 Army Film & Photographic Unit This is photograph E25017 from the collections of the Imperial War Museums (collection no. 470032), Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...

Churchills
By Bourne (Sgt), No 2 Army Film & Photographic Unit http://media.iwm.org.uk/iwm/mediaLib/... is photograph NA 911 from the collections of the Imperial War Museums., Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...

Semovente
By Bundesarchiv, Bild 101I784020817A / Moosmüller / CCBYSA 3.0, CC BYSA 3.0 de, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...

Railway station of Sidi Nsir
Bundesarchiv, Bild 101I557102027A / Appe [Arppe] / CCBYSA 3.0 / CC BYSA 3.0 DE (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...)

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