Photos show elite Allied soldiers storming Italian airbase in Libya during 1942 Operation Caravan
It was a mission in which 47 highly-trained men launched a daring raid on an Italian stronghold in North Africa. Operation Caravan – carried out in September 1942 – saw members of the elite Long Range Desert Group (LRDG) attack the town of Barce and its accompanying airbase, in northern Libya, during the Second World … Read more