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- Battle_of_Gazala abstract "The Battle of Gazala (near 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 (Colonel-General 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.Rommel retired to the Cauldron, a defensive position backing onto the British minefields, forming a base in the midst of the British defences and created a route through to the Axis side to receive supplies. When the Eighth Army counter-attacked the operation was poorly co-ordinated and was defeated in detail, many tanks were lost and the Axis were able to regain the initiative. The British withdrew from the Gazala Line and the Axis troops overran Tobruk in a day; the battle is considered the greatest victory of Rommel's career. Rommel exploited the success by pursuing the British into Egypt, denying them time to recover from the defeat. As both sides neared exhaustion, the Eighth Army managed to check the Axis advance at the First Battle of El Alamein.".
- Battle_of_Gazala causalties "1,188 tanks".
- Battle_of_Gazala causalties "50,000 killed, wounded or captured, incl.prisoners at Tobruk".
- Battle_of_Gazala combatant "*British India".
- Battle_of_Gazala combatant "South Africa".
- Battle_of_Gazala commander Claude_Auchinleck.
- Battle_of_Gazala commander Erwin_Rommel.
- Battle_of_Gazala commander Ludwig_Crüwell.
- Battle_of_Gazala commander Neil_Ritchie.
- Battle_of_Gazala commander Walther_Nehring.
- Battle_of_Gazala date "1942-06-21".
- Battle_of_Gazala isPartOfMilitaryConflict Western_Desert_Campaign.
- Battle_of_Gazala place Gazala.
- Battle_of_Gazala place Libya.
- Battle_of_Gazala place Tobruk.
- Battle_of_Gazala result "Axis victory".
- Battle_of_Gazala strength "110,000 men".
- Battle_of_Gazala strength "542 aircraft".
- Battle_of_Gazala strength "560 tanks (228 Italian)".
- Battle_of_Gazala strength "604 aircraft".
- Battle_of_Gazala strength "843 tanks".
- Battle_of_Gazala strength "90,000 men (50,000 German, 40,000 Italian)".
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