"The whole Italian army in eastern Libya, which was reputed to exceed 150,000 men, has been captured or destroyed," said Britain's Prime Minister in taking stock of the spectacular defeat at the hands of the Army of the Nile, a disaster in which there was no Dunkirk. Here is a picture just received of prisoners massed outside Tobruk, who will soon be seeing thousands of their comrades from farther west.
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Dominion, Volume 34, Issue 117, 11 February 1941, Page 7
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70"The whole Italian army in eastern Libya, which was reputed to exceed 150,000 men, has been captured or destroyed," said Britain's Prime Minister in taking stock of the spectacular defeat at the hands of the Army of the Nile, a disaster in which there was no Dunkirk. Here is a picture just received of prisoners massed outside Tobruk, who will soon be seeing thousands of their comrades from farther west. Dominion, Volume 34, Issue 117, 11 February 1941, Page 7
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