Definition of Agheila. Meaning of Agheila. Synonyms of Agheila

- El Agheila (Arabic: العقيلة, romanized: al-ʿUqayla pronunciation) is a coastal city at the southern end of the Gulf of Sidra and Mediterranean Sea in...
- The Battle of El Agheila was a brief engagement of the Western Desert Campaign of the Second World War. It took place in December 1942 between Allied...
- The El Agheila concentration camp was an Italian concentration camp established in El Agheila in the Italian colony of Libya during the Pacification of...
- Axis forces were defeated in Operation Crusader and retired again to El Agheila. In early 1942 Axis forces drove the Allies back again, then captured Tobruk...
- remainder of the Tenth Army retreating along the coast road back to El Agheila. Richard O'Connor sent the 7th Armoured Division across the desert with...
- in Libya, successfully driving them back to a defensive position at El Agheila in Cyrenaica. On 21 January 1942, however, Rommel launched a surprise counter-attack...
- and protect the Eighth Army. The Axis made a fighting withdrawal to El Agheila but the Axis troops were exhausted and had received few replacements, while...
- withdrew to the Gazala position and on 15 December began a withdrawal to El Agheila. The 2nd South African Division captured Bardia on 2 January 1942, Sollum...
- point is on the coast of the Gulf of Sidra near the Libyan town of El Agheila. Large islands in the Mediterranean include: Cyprus, Crete, Euboea, Rhodes...
- to withdraw allowing Rommel to fall back to El Agheila 31 December: Front lines return to El Agheila 21 January: Rommel's second offensive begins A lone...