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| Keywords: outdoor monochrome Lot 11588-7: North African Campaign. The Recapture of Bardia: Rescued British and New Zealand Troops. Bardia was captured on January 2, 1942, after two nights of heavy bombardment by a South African Division under the command of Major General I.P. deVilliers, M.C., supported by British tanks and British and Polish artillery, and by naval bombardment of the town. Major General Schmidt, commanding the Axis forces, motored into the British forward lines and surrendered. Bardia yield some 7,500 German and Italian prisoners, while a thousand British troops, mostly New Zealanders were rescued. Shown: long line of Axis prisoners (nearly all German North Africa Corps) streaming out of Bardia to a prisoner-of-war concentration point, passing one of the many fires which raged around the town as stores were destroyed. Office of War Information Photograph. (2016/02/11). Lot 11588-7: North African Campaign. The Recapture of Bardia: Rescued British and New Zealand Troops. Bardia was captured on January 2, 1942, after two nights of heavy bombardment by a South African Division under the command of Major General I.P. deVilliers, M.C., supported by British tanks and British and Polish artillery, and by naval bombardment of the town. Major General Schmidt, commanding the Axis forces, motored into the British forward lines and surrendered. Bardia yield some 7,500 German and Italian prisoners, while a thousand British troops, mostly New Zealanders were rescued. Shown: long line of Axis prisoners (nearly all German North Africa Corps) streaming out of Bardia to a prisoner-of-war concentration point, passing one of the many fires which raged around the town as stores were destroyed. Office of War Information Photograph. (2016/02/11). | ||||
