7th Brigade
The German Afrika Korps had retreated towards oncoming reinforcements and their counter attack was swift and vicious. Muddles within Allied High Command left the 4th Indian Division's (Fighting Fourth) 7th Brigade widely exposed. Despite a daring move by the Brigade's commander, Brigadier H R Briggs, which saved most of the unit - a thousand men were taken as POWs (Prisoner of War). They are shown here being marched through Benghazi, Libya in January 1942.
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