German WW II Memorial

German WW II Memorial
Tobruk, Libya (LY)
The Central German war memorial for the German soldiers fallen in Libya is on a hill above the city in Tobruk. It is a square of 40 x 40 metres with four round towers at the corners. 6.026 soldiers were rebury, including the German flying ace Hans-Joachim Marseille ("The star of Africa"). The monument was inaugurated by the Deutsche Kriegsgräberfürsorge folk society 1955. (http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tobruk)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Tobruk
The Central German war memorial for the German soldiers fallen in Libya is on a hill above the city in Tobruk. It is a square of 40 x 40 metres with four round towers at the corners. 6.026 soldiers were rebury, including the German flying ace Hans-Joachim Marseille ("The star of Africa"). The monument was inaugurated by the Deutsche Kriegsgräberfürsorge folk society 1955. (http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tobruk)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Tobruk
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Links: www.afrika-korps.de
By: bubaonline

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