Battle of Gazala
The Battle of Gazala (near the modern town of Ayn al Ghazālah) was fought during the Western Desert Campaign of the Second World War, around the port of Tobruk in Libya from 26 May to 21 June 1942. The combatants on the Axis side were the Panzerarmee Afrika (Generaloberst Erwin Rommel), consisting of German and Italian units and the Allied forces under the Commander-in-Chief Middle East, General Sir Claude Auchinleck. The Axis distracted the British with a decoy attack in the north and made the main attack round the southern flank of the Gazala position. The advance succeeded but the defence of the French garrison of Bir Hakeim at the southern end of the line left the Axis with a long and vulnerable supply route behind the British line.
101st Motorised Division Trieste
132nd Armoured Division Ariete
150th Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom)
151st Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom)
17th Infantry Division Pavia
1st Infantry Division (South Africa)
1st Newcastle Engineers
22nd Guards Brigade
2nd Armoured Brigade (United Kingdom)
3rd Indian Motor Brigade
50th (Northumbrian) Infantry Division
Afrika Korps
Georg von Bismarck
Johannes Kümmel
Josef Rettemeier
Neil Ritchie
Wilhelm Knauth
William Gott
27th Infantry Division Brescia2nd Lancers (Gardner's Horse)69th Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom)Adam DyroffAlfred BruerAlfred WehmeyerCharles Hamilton BoucherCurt EhleEberhard ZahnEmil BernerErnst BolbrinkerHans-Levin von BarbyHans Bock (officer)Heinrich Baron von BehrHeinrich EppenHermann EckhardtOtto BöselRea LeakeyWalter SigelWerner Stumpf
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Battle of Gazala
The Battle of Gazala (near the modern town of Ayn al Ghazālah) was fought during the Western Desert Campaign of the Second World War, around the port of Tobruk in Libya from 26 May to 21 June 1942. The combatants on the Axis side were the Panzerarmee Afrika (Generaloberst Erwin Rommel), consisting of German and Italian units and the Allied forces under the Commander-in-Chief Middle East, General Sir Claude Auchinleck. The Axis distracted the British with a decoy attack in the north and made the main attack round the southern flank of the Gazala position. The advance succeeded but the defence of the French garrison of Bir Hakeim at the southern end of the line left the Axis with a long and vulnerable supply route behind the British line.
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Bitwa pod Gazalą – bitwa stocz ...... stem Bir al-Hakim na południu.
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De Slag bij Gazala was een bel ...... Duitse generaal Erwin Rommel.
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La bataille de Gazala est une ...... rad sur le front est-européen.
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La batalla de Gazala fue uno d ...... to británico hasta El Alamein.
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La battaglia di Ain el-Gazala ...... a e definitiva della campagna.
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The Battle of Gazala (near the ...... he First Battle of El Alamein.
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Unternehmen Theseus (oft auch ...... ährend des Zweiten Weltkriegs.
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Битва при Газале — важное сраж ...... остановлено под Эль-Аламейном.
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معركة عين الغزالة في طبرق تشير ...... ور، واستيلائهم على مدينة طبرق.
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ガザラの戦い(ガザラのたたかい,英: Battle of G ...... し、その後第一次エル・アラメインの戦いが始まることとなった。
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1,188 tanks
50,000 killed, wounded or captured, incl.prisoners at Tobruk
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*British India
South Africa
date
1942-06-21
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Axis victory
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110,000 men
542 aircraft
560 tanks (228 Italian)
604 aircraft
90,000 men (50,000 German, 40,000 Italian)
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Panzer III and Rommel's comman ...... he time of the Gazala battles.
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Italian: fewer than the Germans
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32.14527777777778 23.3575
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Bitwa pod Gazalą – bitwa stocz ...... stem Bir al-Hakim na południu.
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De Slag bij Gazala was een bel ...... Duitse generaal Erwin Rommel.
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La bataille de Gazala est une ...... ervision de Claude Auchinleck.
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La batalla de Gazala fue uno d ...... to británico hasta El Alamein.
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La battaglia di Ain el-Gazala ...... zione difensiva di El Alamein.
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The Battle of Gazala (near the ...... route behind the British line.
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Unternehmen Theseus (oft auch ...... ährend des Zweiten Weltkriegs.
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Битва при Газале — важное сраж ...... стоке генерала Клода Окинлека.
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معركة عين الغزالة في طبرق تشير ...... ور، واستيلائهم على مدينة طبرق.
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ガザラの戦い(ガザラのたたかい,英: Battle of G ...... し、その後第一次エル・アラメインの戦いが始まることとなった。
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Bataille de Gazala
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Batalla de Gazala
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Battaglia di Ain el-Gazala
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Battle of Gazala
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Bitwa pod Gazalą
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Slag bij Gazala
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Unternehmen Theseus
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Битва при Газале
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معركة عين الغزالة
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ガザラの戦い
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