AXIS FORCES IN LIBYA
LONDON, April 25
Vichy reports that, according to the official French news agency, Germany and Italy are believed to have an army of 200,000 in Libya, including two armoured divisions, and also 1200 planes. The German force originally comprised about 60,000 men, but considerable reinforcements are reported to have arrived by air, with tanks and transport vehicles seyt by sea.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXI, Issue 97, 26 April 1941, Page 9
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149AXIS FORCES IN LIBYA Evening Post, Volume CXXXI, Issue 97, 26 April 1941, Page 9
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