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RAF attack German supply lines

7th September 1941: A routine raid - but one man's life is upended when he becomes a POW

Sep 07, 2021
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A view of Benghazi harbour, showing sunken ships, the result of RAF bombing.

In North Africa the Luftwaffe were concentrating their attention on the port of Tobruk. Meanwhile the target of the RAF’s bombing campaign against German supply lines was often another port further west - Benghazi. Originally occupied by the Italians, Benghazi had been captured …

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