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The Sacrifice of 155 Battery, Sidi Nsir 1943 (Patreon)

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2020-05-31 23:53:36

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The stirring tale of the gallant lads of 155 Battery RA, who in 1943 were attacked by an overwhelming force of elite German troops, and fought to the last.

I get side-tracked almost immediately into trying to summarise the whole war in the desert up to that point, with digressions within that, so it is a while before I get to the action at Sidi Nsir. As I was editing, I was cursing my former self each time he said something that meant I had to draw and animate another blinking map!

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The Sacrifice of 155 Battery, Sidi Nsir 1943

Brought to you by Raycon. Go to https://buyraycon.com/lindybeige for 15% off your order. In 1943 one battery of Royal Artillery was annihilated by an overwhelming German attack, but its brave self-sacrifice saved countless lives. Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Lindybeige Find more pictures of the operation at Sidi Nsir here: https://www.bild.bundesarchiv.de/dba/en/search/?yearfrom=&yearto=&query=sidi+nsir For more on Cal the juggler: https://www.instagram.com/calthejuggler Picture credits: Kesselring image By Bundesarchiv, Bild 183-R93434 / CC-BY-SA 3.0, CC BY-SA 3.0 de, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=5368753 Rommel By Bundesarchiv, Bild 146-1977-018-13A / Otto / CC-BY-SA 3.0, CC BY-SA 3.0 de, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=62039762 Tiger By Bundesarchiv, Bild 101I-554-0872-35 / Pirath, Helmuth / CC-BY-SA 3.0, CC BY-SA 3.0 de, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=5412588 German prisoners By Bowman (Sgt), No 2 Army Film & Photographic Unit - http://media.iwm.org.uk/iwm/mediaLib//47/media-47147/large.jpgThis is photograph NA 1882 from the collections of the Imperial War Museums., Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=25297320 Knocked out Tiger By Unknown author - http://weltkrieg2.de/Kriegstagebuch/1943/02/22-28-Februar.htm, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=38634573 Hurricanes By F/O G. Woodbine, Royal Air Force official photographer - This is photograph TR 866 from the collections of the Imperial War Museums., Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=19608644 5.5" medium artilelry battery No 5 Army Film & Photographic Unit, Laing (Sgt) / Public domain Hanomag 251 Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-217-0493-31,_Russland-Süd,_Schützenpanzerwagen Verey (or Very) pistol By Billlion - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=6920966 Lord Milne By (Mary) Olive Edis (Mrs Galsworthy) (1876-1955) - NPG, PD-US, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?curid=61537421 81mm mortar Bundesarchiv, Bild 101I-577-1917-08 / Haas / CC-BY-SA 3.0 / CC BY-SA 3.0 DE (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/de/deed.en) 25 pdrs By Sergeant Travis, No 1 Army Film & Photographic Unit - This is photograph E-25017 from the collections of the Imperial War Museums (collection no. 4700-32), Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1488215 By Hobson, Phillip Oliver - This tag does not indicate the copyright status of the attached work. A normal copyright tag is still required. See Commons:Licensing for more information., Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=16146587 Churchills By Bourne (Sgt), No 2 Army Film & Photographic Unit - http://media.iwm.org.uk/iwm/mediaLib//47/media-47113/large.jpgThis is photograph NA 911 from the collections of the Imperial War Museums., Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=25297241 Semovente By Bundesarchiv, Bild 101I-784-0208-17A / Moosmüller / CC-BY-SA 3.0, CC BY-SA 3.0 de, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=24915789 Railway station of Sidi Nsir Bundesarchiv, Bild 101I-557-1020-27A / Appe [Arppe] / CC-BY-SA 3.0 / CC BY-SA 3.0 DE (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/de/deed.en) Buy the music - the music played at the end of my videos is now available here: https://lindybeige.bandcamp.com/track/the-mandeville-march Buy tat (merch): https://outloudmerch.com/collections/lindybeige More videos here: All Lindybeige: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLzzh7AuEBkEmMWChgPPOQqjhkkPq_eP1X Lindybeige: a channel of archaeology, ancient and medieval warfare, rants, swing dance, travelogues, evolution, and whatever else occurs to me to make. ▼ Follow me... Twitter: https://twitter.com/Lindybeige I may have some drivel to contribute to the Twittersphere, plus you get notice of uploads. Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/Lindybeige My website: http://www.LloydianAspects.co.uk Channel page: http://www.youtube.com/user/"Lindybeige"