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Operation Crusader (18 November – 30 December 1941) was a military operation of the Western Desert campaign during World War II by the British Eighth Army (with Commonwealth, Indian and Allied contingents) against the Axis forces (German and Italian) in North Africa commanded by Generalleutnant (Lieutenant-General) Erwin Rommel.
The Battle of Point 175 was a military engagement of the Western Desert Campaign that took place during Operation Crusader from 29 November to 1 December 1941, during the Second World War. Point 175 is a small rise just south of the Trigh Capuzzo, a desert track east of Sidi Rezegh and south of Zaafran.
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British Intelligence in the Second World War: Its Influence on Strategy and Operations. History of the Second World War. Vol. II. New York: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-24290-5. Maughan, Barton (1966). Tobruk and El Alamein (PDF). Australia in the War of 1939–1945, Series 1 – Army. Vol. III (1st (online scan) ed.).
On 18 November 1941 the British Eighth Army launched Operation Crusader to relieve the siege of Tobruk. The Trento, which together with the 17th Infantry Division "Pavia" , the 25th Infantry Division "Bologna" , and the 27th Infantry Division "Brescia" formed the Italian XXI Army Corps , came under attack from the defenders of Tobruk and ...
This action was later known as the Battle of the Salient. On 1 September the division activated the 132nd Tank Infantry Regiment and split the 32nd Tank Infantry Regiment. On 18 November 1941, the British launched Operation Crusader to relieve Tobruk.
A British Crusader tank abandoned at Bir el Gubi in the winter of 1941. British tank losses are somewhat debated; 2nd Royal Gloucestershire Hussars lost 30 tanks and 50 men (11 killed, 19 wounded and 20 missing), 4th County of London Yeomanry lost eight tanks and 26 men (4 killed and 22 missing) and 3rd County of London Yeomanry reported the ...
As the attack on Tobruk was stalling and General Erwin Rommel was forced to order the Brescia to return to reinforce the siege of Tobruk. During the night of 30 April 1941 an Italo-German force attacked the Tobruk defenses and the 132nd Armored Division "Ariete" and the Brescia captured seven strong points (R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7 and R8). [10]