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Tripoli Falls to Eighth Army in North Africa Rise
Men of the Eighth Army seize Tripoli at dawn on the day marking a year since El Agheila retreat. Eleventh Hussars first into Piazza d Italia, followed by Montgomery’s Highlanders and American detachments. Descriptions include local reactions, improvised water stills by U.S. units, and wrecked matériel along the coast from Tobruk to Benghasi with air defenses by Britain's Top Hat Battery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mira
Ebara
Tripolir
Eighth
North Africa
Tripoli
el Agheila
Eleventh Hussars
Piazza d'Italia
Montgomery
Highlander
Pistol Point
Tunis
Tripol
EU van Cleef
Woodbridge
Conn
Po EL Munce
Pharrsboro
W. Schorger
Madison
Wis
James Doubleday
Binghamton
Pfc
Bethel C. Tunnell
Persia
Tenn
East
Tennessee
Tobruk
Derna
Giovanni Berta
Barce
Bengasi
Yank
Woodrow Blair
Fremont
Richard Sureck
Chicago
U. S
Top Hat
Zliten
Suk el Chemis
Leptis Magna
Homs
Agheila
Sgt. Wrenn
Cyrenaica
Vyobruk
Pripoll
Bucrat
Upripali
Sherifians
Grants
Black Watch
Jock
Monty
Eighth Army
Amet
Buerat
Taguira
Pripoli
Aridge
Tapuira
Jerry Bocks
Priveli