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Battle of Mersa Matruh[edit]

A previous contributor added "Battles" which I presume relate to colours of the respective Division units. He (she) listed Mersa Matruh between 26 June 1942 and 30 June 1942 as one of the recognised battles. I have not been able to find any decisive battle or action which took place over this period - save for minor actions fought by the ILH and RDLI. Also remember that the Division was re-locating from Mersa to El Alamein at this time. I do not think that this reference belongs in the "Battles" section. Opinions please. Farawayman (talk) 19:35, 6 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Tobruk Garrison[edit]

A good resource is Eddy Bauer's history of the second world war.

Were any elements of the division caught up in the surrender of the Tobruk garrison?

I remember reading that some of those captured went on to fight under German colours in the Waffen SS.

--Trevorsem (talk) 12:17, 16 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I dont have Bauer's book - but I will see if I can find it. It was the 2nd SA Division that was captured at Tobruk. I also have Littlejohn's series called Foreign Legions of the Third Reich - I will take a look in there to see if there is any reference to South Africans. However, if so - that would belong with the 2nd Div history. Farawayman (talk) 12:54, 16 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

CE[edit]

Did a cheeky little ce, repositioned and resized several maps blammed a few typos.Keith-264 (talk) 09:19, 5 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]