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  2. Operation Sonnenblume - Wikipedia

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    The first German troops reached Sirte on 15 February, advanced to Nofilia on 18 February and a German raiding party ambushed a British patrol near El Agheila on 24 February. On 24 March, the Axis captured El Agheila and on 31 March attacked Mersa Brega.

  3. Brega - Wikipedia

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    Brega / ˈ b r eɪ ɡ ə /, also known as Mersa Brega or Marsa al-Brega (Arabic: مرسى البريقة Marsā al Burayqah, i.e. "Brega Seaport"), is a complex of several smaller towns, industry installations and education establishments situated in Libya on the Gulf of Sidra, the most southerly point of the Mediterranean Sea.

  4. Battle of the Mareth Line - Wikipedia

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    Comando Supremo in Rome and OKW in Berlin took an optimistic view of the situation and Comando Supremo chose the Mersa-el-BregaEl Agheila position as the terminus of the retreat, even though the position had a front of 110 mi (180 km), its strongpoints were up to 5 mi (8.0 km) apart, too far for mutual support and only 30,000 mines.

  5. 1st Battalion, Tower Hamlets Rifles - Wikipedia

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    Men of 9th Rifle Brigade in their carrier watch the destruction of a supply dump at Hamra during the retreat to El Alamein. After the Battle of Mersa Matruh in late June Eighth Army withdrew to El Alamein. C Company was ordered to defend the main road a few miles west of Dabaa to cover the evacuation of that town.

  6. Western Desert campaign - Wikipedia

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    The Eighth Army reached El Agheila on 15 December and the New Zealand Division was sent to outflank the Mersa Brega line from 14 to 16 December as the 51st (Highland) Division attacked frontally and the 7th Armoured Division attacked inland at Bir el Auera.

  7. Battle of Brega - Wikipedia

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    Battle of Brega may refer to: World War II. Battle of Brega (1941), part of the Western Desert Campaign of World War II; Libyan civil war. First Battle of Brega, fought on 2 March 2011; Second Battle of Brega, fought 13 to 15 March 2011; Third Battle of Brega, fought 31 March to 7 April 2011; Battle of Brega–Ajdabiya road, fought 8 April to ...

  8. Erwin Rommel - Wikipedia

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    After a day of fierce fighting on 31 March, the Germans captured Mersa El Brega. [116] Splitting his force into three groups, Rommel resumed the advance on 3 April. Benghazi fell that night as the British pulled out of the city. [117] [118] Gariboldi, who had ordered Rommel to stay in Mersa El Brega, was furious. Rommel was equally forceful in ...

  9. Third Battle of Brega - Wikipedia

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    Some of the better trained rebels continued fighting on Brega's outskirts locked in skirmishes and artillery duels with loyalist forces in the town. [8] [23] By the end of the day, the battle had come down to a stalemate with the rebels waiting on the road east of the city for more NATO air-strikes on loyalist positions in Brega. However, the ...