What the records say
- When
- 26 May 1942 – 11 Jun 1942
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 31.59° N, 23.48° E
- Description
- 1942 part of the battle of Gazala in the Western Desert Campaign of World War II
- War
- World War II
3 sources record it
- Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Battle of Bir Hakeim: The Free French and British troops slow the German advance in North Africa”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “bataille de Bir Hakeim”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
Part of
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- Point 17529 Nov 1941 · Battle