Battle of Gazala

When

26 May 1942 – 21 Jun 1942

Kind

Battle

Coordinates

31.95° N, 23.45° E

Description

battle of the Western Desert Campaign of World War II, fought around the port of Tobruk in Libya

War

World War II

1942 battle during the Western Desert Campaign of World War II

The Battle of Gazala, also the Gazala Offensive, was fought near the village of Gazala during the Western Desert Campaign of the Second World War, west of the port of Tobruk in Libya, from 26 May to 21 June 1942. Axis troops consisting of German and Italian units fought the British Eighth Army composed mainly of British Commonwealth, Indian and Free French troops.

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• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Battle of Gazala: German forces of Panzer Army Africa led by General Erwin Rommel launch a frontal attack on the central Gazala positions”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Das deutsche Unternehmen Theseus mit dem Ziel, Tobruk zu erobern, beginnt”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Войска Э”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page

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