WW2 military hardware in N African desert?
Hi all
Been a while since I posed on the HUBB.
This isn't strictly about overlanding, but is the sort of question that I suspect overlanders may know something about. It's to settle an argument with a friend!
Does anyone know what happened to all the destroyed / abandoned tanks and other hardware left behind after all the battles of the North Africa campaign? I went to the military cemetery / museum at El Alamein years ago and saw a few there, but am sure I read somewhere (think the Lonely Planet / Rough Guide that I was travelling with) that everything else had been towed 20 or 30 kms south into the desert and dumped in a huge 'graveyard' after the war. Friend (who has a T34 tank and a 1942 White armoured car) reckons this is wrong and that the stuff was dispersed for scrap.
Anyone have any ideas?
Thanks in advance
Mark
Last edited by ilesmark; 27 Oct 2015 at 11:52.
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