The Sacrifice of 155 Battery, Sidi Nsir 1943
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 Published On May 31, 2020

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In 1943 one battery of Royal Artillery was annihilated by an overwhelming German attack, but its brave self-sacrifice saved countless lives.
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Kesselring image
By Bundesarchiv, Bild 183-R93434 / CC-BY-SA 3.0, CC BY-SA 3.0 de, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...

Rommel
By Bundesarchiv, Bild 146-1977-018-13A / Otto / CC-BY-SA 3.0, CC BY-SA 3.0 de, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...

Tiger
By Bundesarchiv, Bild 101I-554-0872-35 / Pirath, Helmuth / CC-BY-SA 3.0, CC BY-SA 3.0 de, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...

German prisoners
By Bowman (Sgt), No 2 Army Film & Photographic Unit - http://media.iwm.org.uk/iwm/mediaLib/... is photograph NA 1882 from the collections of the Imperial War Museums., Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...

Knocked out Tiger
By Unknown author - http://weltkrieg2.de/Kriegstagebuch/1..., Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...

Hurricanes
By F/O G. Woodbine, Royal Air Force official photographer - This is photograph TR 866 from the collections of the Imperial War Museums., Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...

5.5" medium artilelry battery
No 5 Army Film & Photographic Unit, Laing (Sgt) / Public domain

Hanomag 251
Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-217-0493-31,_Russland-Süd,_Schützenpanzerwagen

Verey (or Very) pistol
By Billlion - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...

Lord Milne
By (Mary) Olive Edis (Mrs Galsworthy) (1876-1955) - NPG, PD-US, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?...

81mm mortar
Bundesarchiv, Bild 101I-577-1917-08 / Haas / CC-BY-SA 3.0 / CC BY-SA 3.0 DE (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...)

25 pdrs
By Sergeant Travis, No 1 Army Film & Photographic Unit - This is photograph E-25017 from the collections of the Imperial War Museums (collection no. 4700-32), Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...

Churchills
By Bourne (Sgt), No 2 Army Film & Photographic Unit - http://media.iwm.org.uk/iwm/mediaLib/... is photograph NA 911 from the collections of the Imperial War Museums., Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...

Semovente
By Bundesarchiv, Bild 101I-784-0208-17A / Moosmüller / CC-BY-SA 3.0, CC BY-SA 3.0 de, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...

Railway station of Sidi Nsir
Bundesarchiv, Bild 101I-557-1020-27A / Appe [Arppe] / CC-BY-SA 3.0 / CC BY-SA 3.0 DE (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...)

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