- 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 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...
- 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...
-
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...
-
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...
-
Tripolitania at the
Battle of Beda Fomm, the
remnants being pursued to El
Agheila on the Gulf of Sirte. The
British took over 138,000
Italian and Libyan...
-
regiment pursued retreating German troops and
fought at the
Battle of El
Agheila. In
January 1943 it was
based at
Castel Benito, and parti****ted in the...
-
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...
