Battle of Gazala

Eventi della battaglia di Ain el Gazala il 28 29 maggio 1942

Eventi della battaglia di Ain el Gazala dal 30 maggio al 2 giugno 1942

Operazioni del 26-27 maggio 1942 nella battaglia di Ain el Gazala

Nordafrika, Rommel im Befehlsfahrzeug "Greif"

Libya, Initial Dispostions, German-Italian Attack, 26-27 May 1942

Eventi della battaglia di Ain el Gazala dal 3 al 6 giugno 1942 (Operazione Aberdeen)

Eventi della battaglia di Ain el Gazala dal 10 al 12 giugno 1942

Eventi della battaglia di Ain el Gazala dal 13 al 16 giugno 1942
Master file in svg per la battaglia di Ain el Gazala 26 maggio 16 giugno 1942

Ariete tanks on the move during the battle.

British 25-pounder field guns in action on the night of 2 June 1942 during the Battle of Gazala in Libya. British 25 pounder guns fire at Erwin Rommel's Afrika Korps on the night of 2 June 1942 during the battle of Gazala, Libya.

For documentary purposes the German Federal Archive often retained the original image captions, which may be erroneous, biased, obsolete or politically extreme. 18.6.1942 Rommel gibt 8,8 cm Flak Befehl feindl. Panzerspähwagen, die das feindliche Artilleriefeuer leiten, zu bekämpfen

IWM caption : General Sir Neil Ritchie (1897 - 1983): Lieutenant General Ritchie, Commander in Chief 8th Army, with his Corps Commanders, Generals Norrie and Gott, during the Battle of Gazala.

Italian armoured division Ariete on the attack

Camouflaged PzKmpw III command vehicle. In desert position some 45 kilometers west of Gazala, Libya. (US National Archives)

Plan d'attaque de l'armée de Panzer (mai 1942).

Italian generals Ettore Baldassarre, Michelangelo Niccolini and Giacomo Lombardi

GIF-Animation des Verlaufs des Unternehmens Theseus (26. Mai bis 16. Juni 1942)
SVG-Masterdatei für den Verlauf des Unternehmens Theseus (26. Mai bis 16. Juni 1942)

המערכה במדבר המערבי, 1941-2.
Historical Overview
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.
Quick Facts
Afrika Korps
- Commander: Erwin Rommel
- Strength: ca. 40.000
- Casualties: gering
UK
- Commander: Neil Ritchie
- Strength: 35000
- Casualties: 33.000 (Gef.)
Strategic Context
Opening the way to Egypt.
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