Tobruk airfield

Tobruk airfield
Tobruk, Libya (LY)
At the beginning of World War II, Libya was an Italian colony and Tobruk became the site of important battles between the Allies and Axis powers. Tobruk was strategically important to the conquest of Eastern Libya, then the province of Cyrenaica, for several reasons. ... Finally, fifteen miles south of the port was the largest airfield in eastern Libya. This was significant due to the importance of air power in desert warfare.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tobruk
At the beginning of World War II, Libya was an Italian colony and Tobruk became the site of important battles between the Allies and Axis powers. Tobruk was strategically important to the conquest of Eastern Libya, then the province of Cyrenaica, for several reasons. ... Finally, fifteen miles south of the port was the largest airfield in eastern Libya. This was significant due to the importance of air power in desert warfare.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tobruk
View in Google Earth Air Ports, Military - Historic - Battlefield
Links: www.deutsches-afrikakorps.de
By: bubaonline

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kjfitz
@ 2009-03-04 08:00:28
Cool find. That's the exact kind of map I had in mind for this category.
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bubaonline
@ 2009-03-04 08:09:12
Thx!
Fist time i was skeptical (No idea about Military), but now the contest is extremely interesting!

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