In late March 1941, soon after the arrival of German forces (the Afrika Korps) in Tripoli, Libya, to reinforce the Italians, their commander (General Erwin Rommel)—although ordered to remain on the defensive—quickly captured the British front line position at El Agheila. He then went on an offensive which, by mid-April, had reached as far as Sallum, Egypt. The sole remaining Allied position in Libya was the heavily fortified port of Tobruk, which Rommel had surrounded and placed under siege. The Allied response was restricted primarily to harassment by the Royal Air Force.
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| - In late March 1941, soon after the arrival of German forces (the Afrika Korps) in Tripoli, Libya, to reinforce the Italians, their commander (General Erwin Rommel)—although ordered to remain on the defensive—quickly captured the British front line position at El Agheila. He then went on an offensive which, by mid-April, had reached as far as Sallum, Egypt. The sole remaining Allied position in Libya was the heavily fortified port of Tobruk, which Rommel had surrounded and placed under siege. The Allied response was restricted primarily to harassment by the Royal Air Force.
- Operation Battleaxe (Arabic:عملية بلطة الحرب) was a North African-theatre battle of World War II, fought in 1941 by the forces of the United Kingdom's Army and Nazi Germany's Afrika Korps. It was hoped that a Nazi defeat would ease the Siege of Tobruk, but was nearly a complete disaster. On June 15th, 1941, British forces attacked the Afrika Korps positions and scattered them, while withstanding several counterattacks. Elsewhere, British tanks came under heavy fire from Nazi artillery. Over half of all British tanks were destroyed on the first day. On the second day, approximately three-fourths of their tanks were gone. The Afrika Korps then counterattacked the British Army with a flanking maneuver, forcing the British to retreat on June 17th. The operation was a humiliating defeat for the
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| - In late March 1941, soon after the arrival of German forces (the Afrika Korps) in Tripoli, Libya, to reinforce the Italians, their commander (General Erwin Rommel)—although ordered to remain on the defensive—quickly captured the British front line position at El Agheila. He then went on an offensive which, by mid-April, had reached as far as Sallum, Egypt. The sole remaining Allied position in Libya was the heavily fortified port of Tobruk, which Rommel had surrounded and placed under siege. The Allied response was restricted primarily to harassment by the Royal Air Force.
- Operation Battleaxe (Arabic:عملية بلطة الحرب) was a North African-theatre battle of World War II, fought in 1941 by the forces of the United Kingdom's Army and Nazi Germany's Afrika Korps. It was hoped that a Nazi defeat would ease the Siege of Tobruk, but was nearly a complete disaster. On June 15th, 1941, British forces attacked the Afrika Korps positions and scattered them, while withstanding several counterattacks. Elsewhere, British tanks came under heavy fire from Nazi artillery. Over half of all British tanks were destroyed on the first day. On the second day, approximately three-fourths of their tanks were gone. The Afrika Korps then counterattacked the British Army with a flanking maneuver, forcing the British to retreat on June 17th. The operation was a humiliating defeat for the British Army.
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