Coast Road at Sallūm

Coast Road at Sallūm

A vertical aerial photograph of the German retreat at Sallūm after Alamein. There is a description of the events at that time.

1942-11-09

One b/w photograph

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Rommel on the run after Alamein. The coast road at Sollum on 9 Nov 1942, black with retreating German transport.

Churchill Vol: 4,p.484. ‘Rommel was now in full retreat, but there was transport and petrol for only part of his force, and the Germans, though they had fought valiantly, gave themselves priority in vehicles. Many [deleted letter] hpusands [sic] of men from six Italian divisions were left stranded in [deleted word] the desert, with little food or water . . . The German Air Force had given up the hopeless task of combating our superior Force, which now operated almost unhindered, attacking with all its resources the great columns of men and vehicles struggling westward.’