"Desert War, O'Connor vs the Italians in Photos" Topic

Hello,

Thought some of you might find these interesting: here's a collection of photos illustrating Italy's ill-fated 1940 campaign in North Africa.
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Desert War: O'Connor vs the Italians
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Desert War: A) The Two Sides

1. Background
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2. Mussolini describes his plans.
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3. The opposing forces
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4. Defence at Matruh.
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5. Air Force
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Desert War: B) The Italian Invasion

1. Invasion Begins
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2. Italians advance
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Desert War: C) The British Fight Back

1. Operation Compass: Wavel and O'Connor's plan to get rid of the Italian threat.
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2. Sidi Barrani and Tobruk
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3) Moving West
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4. S. Giorgio sunk
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Very nice indeed, many photos I'd never saw before.

Thanks for sharing.

Thanks, Palafox.

In case you can't get enough, here's some more from the end of the campaign and more early tanks:

Desert War: D) The Aftermath

Page 1: Trucks and tanks
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Page 2: British Tanks in 1940
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Page 3: O'Connor's plan to end the war in North Africa. The Germans arrive.
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Page 4: O'Connor captured
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Fantastic Caçadores!these will be useful to my production I know you like micro scale 6-3mm but I will be producing at 1/48…and eventually that 28mm thing if my 1/48 ´s crash and burn from lack of enthusiasts for this scale!