-
Benito Mussolini in
colonial Italian Libya in the 1930s, it was
named Via
Balbia' (or
Litoranea Balbo) in
honour of governor-general
Italo Balbo, but renamed...
- Barrani, Egypt, to the
border of
Italian Libya and
connected to the Via
Balbia. It was 11
metres (12 yd) wide and asphalted. It was
officially called Via...
- left
Australian infantry in
Benghazi no
option but to
retreat up the Via
Balbia.
Rommel split his
forces into
small columns to
harry the
British retreat...
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kilometres (240 mi) wide
along the
Libyan Coastal Highway (Italian: Via
Balbia), the only
paved road. A sand sea 150 mi (240 km)
inland marked the southern...
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learned that the
Italians were
retreating along the
Litoranea Balbo (Via
Balbia) from Benghazi. The 7th
Armoured Division (Major-General Sir
Michael O'Moore...
- the
border between Tripolitania and Cyrenaica, and was
located on the Via
Balbia (actual
Libyan Coastal Highway) near Ra's Lanuf. The arch was
designed by...
-
Matruh in
Egypt to
Gazala on the
Libyan coast,
along Litoranea Balbo (Via
Balbia), the only
paved road. The Sand Sea, 150 mi (240 km) inland,
marked the...
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training flights.
Balbo began road
construction projects such as the Via
Balbia in an
attempt to
attract Italian immigrants to Libya. He also made efforts...
-
Vittoria (Victory Road)
along the coast, an
extension of the
Libyan Via
Balbia. The
Italians began to ac****ulate
supplies for an
advance against the 7th...
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coast of the
province was
built in 1937–1938 a
section of the
Litoranea Balbia, a road that went from
Tripoli and Tunisia's
frontier to the
border of Egypt...
