Gazala
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Gazala, or ʿAyn al-Ġazāla (Template:Langx Template:ErrorTemplate:Category handler), is a small Libyan village near the coast in the northeastern portion of the country. It is located Script error: No such module "convert". west of Tobruk.
History
In the late 1930s (during the Italian occupation of Libya), the village was the site of an Arab concentration camp, which the men of the Senussi resistance tried in vain to penetrate.[1]
Gazala is perhaps best known for the memorable World War II battle that took place in the surrounding area from May to June 1942 between Axis forces (led by Erwin Rommel) and Allied forces (led by Neil Ritchie). This battle resulted in an Axis victory and the subsequent capture of Tobruk on 21 June 1942.
Notes
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- ↑ Tillisi, Kalifa, “Mu’jam Ma’arik Al Jihad fi Libia1911-1931”, Dar Ath Thaqafa, Beirut, Lebanon, 1973, pp.370-371.
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