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North Africa success boosts morale

20th December 1940: The counteroffensive against the Italians, now being pushed out of Egypt, is a bright moment in a hard year for the British

Dec 20, 2025
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Italian prisoners being marched to the rear during the British offensive in the Western Desert, 16 December 1940.
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