80 In Bir Hakeim, a highly significant position for the Free French, minefields surrounded the forward unit, installed in the Western Desert. 81 The hospital received the order to bury everything and to prepare for powerful aerial attacks. 82 According to the nurse Nancy Smith, colonial orderlies did the heaviest digging. 83 The FAU vol
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