The Sacrifice of 155 Battery, Sidi Nsir 1943

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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, commons.wikime...
Rommel
By Bundesarchiv, Bild 146-1977-018-13A / Otto / CC-BY-SA 3.0, CC BY-SA 3.0 de, commons.wikime...
Tiger
By Bundesarchiv, Bild 101I-554-0872-35 / Pirath, Helmuth / CC-BY-SA 3.0, CC BY-SA 3.0 de, commons.wikime...
German prisoners
By Bowman (Sgt), No 2 Army Film & Photographic Unit - media.iwm.org.u... is photograph NA 1882 from the collections of the Imperial War Museums., Public Domain, commons.wikime...
Knocked out Tiger
By Unknown author - weltkrieg2.de/K..., Public Domain, commons.wikime...
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, commons.wikime...
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, commons.wikime...
Lord Milne
By (Mary) Olive Edis (Mrs Galsworthy) (1876-1955) - NPG, PD-US, en.wikipedia.o...
81mm mortar
Bundesarchiv, Bild 101I-577-1917-08 / Haas / CC-BY-SA 3.0 / CC BY-SA 3.0 DE (creativecommon...)
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, commons.wikime...
Churchills
By Bourne (Sgt), No 2 Army Film & Photographic Unit - media.iwm.org.u... is photograph NA 911 from the collections of the Imperial War Museums., Public Domain, commons.wikime...
Semovente
By Bundesarchiv, Bild 101I-784-0208-17A / Moosmüller / CC-BY-SA 3.0, CC BY-SA 3.0 de, commons.wikime...
Railway station of Sidi Nsir
Bundesarchiv, Bild 101I-557-1020-27A / Appe [Arppe] / CC-BY-SA 3.0 / CC BY-SA 3.0 DE (creativecommon...)
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