TRIPOLI’S VALUE
London, Jan. 24
The capture of Tripoli will give the British Eighth Army control of 7, major port and air base within 200 miles of the Tunisian ports of Sfax [ and Gabes and only a. little over 300; miles from Sicily and the Axis supply; lines.
Although the Axis has to modernise Tripoli, G;.e city presents a distinctive oH-wo~V •‘France with its dominating " —’rish castles and Indian mosques. T4 ~ war population was nearly 110.000.
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Bay of Plenty Times, Volume LXXI, Issue 13055, 25 January 1943, Page 3
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