Surviving alone in the desert
28th January 1942: As the front line in North Africa moves back and forth one man found the means to survive alone - the remarkable story of Lawrence Mallet
In the desert war British forces were again being pushed back by Rommel. They had taken the Libyan port of Benghazi on Christmas Day but the Germans retook it on the 28th January. With the front line ebbing backwards and forwards like this it was not unusual for men to find themselves overtaken by the enem…
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