. Arthur and Fritz Kahn Collection 1889-1932. Kahn, Fritz 1888-1968; Kahn, Arthur David 1850-1928; Natural history illustrators; Natural history. ^i^.. WORLD BATT LEF RoJrrS was Wilhelm Ritter von Thoma, Com- mander of the Afrika Korps. Past Daba, past Fuka, the Afrika Korps fled. At Daba they left their dead strewn across an airfield. German and Italian transports and gliders, not yet unloaded, lay on the ground, smashed by the ma- chine guns of Allied planes. At Euka dead Germans began to turn black in the desert sun. Beside the road that was pocked with bomb craters lay the ruined trucks an
. Arthur and Fritz Kahn Collection 1889-1932. Kahn, Fritz 1888-1968; Kahn, Arthur David 1850-1928; Natural history illustrators; Natural history. ^i^.. WORLD BATT LEF RoJrrS was Wilhelm Ritter von Thoma, Com- mander of the Afrika Korps. Past Daba, past Fuka, the Afrika Korps fled. At Daba they left their dead strewn across an airfield. German and Italian transports and gliders, not yet unloaded, lay on the ground, smashed by the ma- chine guns of Allied planes. At Euka dead Germans began to turn black in the desert sun. Beside the road that was pocked with bomb craters lay the ruined trucks and cars in which the Germans tried to escape. From the air, from the flanking desert, the British chased and harried as the whole ter- 77-mm. cannon that outranged the lower vclocity German 75s by more than 700 yards. At 1,000 yards they tore holes in the frontal German armor, at 2,000 yards pierced side armor. A Seaforth Highland- er reported that Italian shells bounced off his General Sherman 'like tennis ; The British had learned from disasters in the past. In Cairo the astutc Alexander and his chief Tedder (Time, Nov. 9) had planned with exquisite care. Mont- gomery gave his Orders, the day the battle began, that the enemy must be destroyed. This was to be no mere chase across the I. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Kahn, Arthur and Fritz.
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