Monument needing identification

Hello all,

This monument image was amongst those of my father, but not labelled. I think it is from the Middle East but may have been elsewhere. It may also have since gone to ruin....
Any ideas as to its location, and its remembrance aim?

Katrina

 

Hi Katrina,

On the photo you have, can you use a magnifying glass to see the words on the base of the monument. That might give a clue.

 

It's the original Rats of Tobruk memorial:

Rats of Tobruk Memorial - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Scroll down a few pages here:

LIFE - Google Books

 

Thank you Vitesse!
I had read somewhere about a memorial that was ruined by storms, I think, I have read so much of late it is all blurring!...
would that have been the same one?

On the theme of memorials, I sought advice from Adelboden Switzerland tourism re the churchyard monument apparently built by Allied ex-POWs in 1943-44, and they kindly sent me an image of the archway monument, which I was very pleased to see!

best wishes all,
katrina

 

The picture was familiar, because I spent a lot of time trying to track down references to exactly when the Via Balbia was so named - Time has many N Africa pictures. Contrary to what you may read elsewhere, the road was not dedicated to Italo Balbo until after his death: it was Graziani's suggestion and confirmed by Il Duce himself on July 10th 1940. There are suggestions that Balbo named it after himself: untrue and (I'm guessing here) possibly spread by anti-Mussolini propagandists as part of the campaign to blame hime for Balbo's death. There are still people who believe Mussolini had him assassinated.

 

Great result.

Is the modern monument built in exactly the same place as the original?

Regards
Tom

 

I have never seen the original - Thanks for posting.