Am 14. Juni ziehen polnische Truppen in Kairo mit Panzern, gepanzerten Autos und Fahrzeugen vor, beobachtet von General Henry Maitland Wilson und Beamten; RAF-Geschwader fliegen über den Kopf und Victoria-Kreuze werden präsentiert.
2253 x 2219 px | 38,2 x 37,6 cm | 15 x 14,8 inches | 150dpi
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THE UNITED NATIONS PARADE IN CAIRO, EGYPT - Troops of the Polish Army in the East passing the saluting base. The most impressive military parade ever seen in Cairo took place on 14 June, when five thousand troops with tanks, armoured cars and many other vehicles, marched through the city. Squadrons of the RAF fighter planes swooped low to salure the flags of thirty four United Nations.General Henry Maitland Wilson, the C-in-C of the Middle East Force, took the salute as the men and women of many services and many nationalities marched past. Behind hime were members of the Egyptian Government, diplomatic officials of all the nations, and senior Army, Air Force and Navy officers.An impressive feature of the parade was the presentation by the C-in-C of the Victoria Crosses ribbons to two officers - Brigadier Lorne MacLaine Campbell and Major Herbert Wallace Le Patourel. These pictures show various phases of the parade British Army, Polish Army, Polish Armed Forces in the West, Polish Army in the East, Polish Armed Forces in the West, Polish Corps, II
