The action at Mechili was an engagement between units of the British 7th Armoured Division of the Western Desert Force and Italian forces of the 10th...
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3rd Indian Motor Brigade (section Action of Mechili)
Indian Army during World War II. In 1941, the brigade was surrounded at Mechili by Axis forces during Operation Sonnenblume and suffered many casualties...
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positions at Mechili. On 24 January 1941, the British 7th Armoured Division dislodged the Special Armored Brigade during the action at Mechili, and the...
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Babini Group (section Derna–Mechili)
retreated from Derna and Mechili round the Jebel Akhdar towards the port of Benghazi. The Babini Group was destroyed south of the port at the Battle of Beda...
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Bardia January 9–26: First Battle of Tobruk January 25: First Battle of Mechili January 24–26: Battle of Derna February 5: Fall of Benghazi February 5–7:...
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and Mechili. In September 1940 the Italian invasion of Egypt had begun but stopped after 62 mi (100 km) at Sidi Barrani where the Italians dug in. At first...
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The Action at Bir el Gubi (November 1941) (Arabic: بئر الغبي, romanized: Biʾr al-Ġubbiyy, lit. 'Well of the Depressed Terrain') took place on 19 November...
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battalions M clashed with the 7th British Armoured Division in the action at Mechili. The end for the units of the Italian 10th Army came on 6–7 February...
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recorded "the action cleared the road also for any troops that remained in Derna" as well as allowing the rearguard to get away. At Mechili, on 7 April...
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and water shortage permitted. A considerable British force was captured at Mechili, which led to the British retreat continuing to Tobruk and then on to...
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Siege of Tobruk (section Loss of Mechili)
desert and the 3rd Indian Motor Brigade repulsed an attack at Mechili, which led to O'Connor at the Cyrcom headquarters (Neame had left to visit Gambier-Parry)...
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Neame, was captured with Neame in the Cyrenaica desert between Derna and Mechili on 6 April 1941. He was taken to Sulmona camp in the Abruzzo near Rome...
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The Action at Bir el Gubi (December 1941) was fought near Bir el Gubi, Libya, between 3 and 7 December 1941, between Italian (later reinforced by German...
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Harold Rawdon Briggs (category People educated at Bedford School)
the Axis rear lines into the desert and then turned eastwards to reach Mechili, still in British hands, with almost no losses. For his leadership during...
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Naval Battle of Casablanca (section Final actions)
the neutrality of French Morocco in accordance with the Second Armistice at Compiègne during World War II. Allied military planners anticipated an all-American...
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Operation Compass (section Derna–Mechili)
Division held a line from Derna, along Wadi Derna to Mechili, with the Babini Group at Mechili, Giovanni Berta and Chaulan, guarding the flank and rear...
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Operation Crusader (section Action at Bir el Gubi)
reconnoitring that morning. In the afternoon, to the east of Sidi Rezegh, at the Action at Point 175, elements of Ariete overran the 21st New Zealand Battalion...
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French to the Allied side. Later, all French forces were withdrawn from action and properly reequipped by the Allies. Giraud supported that but also preferred...
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Giarabub: December 1940 – March 1941 Battle of Bardia: January 1941 Battle of Mechili: January 1941 Capture of Kufra: January–March 1941 Battle of Beda Fomm:...
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Battle of Point 175 (redirect from Action at Point 175)
ISBN 978-1-86126-839-6. Franklyn, Harold (1956). The Official names of the Battles, Actions and Engagements fought by the land forces of the Commonwealth during the...
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at Buq Buq. The III Tank Battalion "M", with the army's most modern tanks withdrew to Mechili, while the XXI Tank Battalion "L" left its tankettes at...
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1942 to 21 June 1942 The division took part in the following battles, actions and engagements: Bardia: 31 December 1941 to 2 January 1942. Some 8,000...
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(24 km) to the rear of Gabès at Wadi Akarit, while the 164th Light, 15th Panzer and 21st Panzer divisions fought rearguard actions. El Hamma was evacuated...
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Air Forces Air Transport Command. The port at Dakar had a large supply depot that was used to support action Mediterranean Area. From Dakar planes flew...
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its commanding officer, were captured. Covered by rear guard actions at Er Regima and Mechili, the 9th Division reached Tobruk on 9 April 1941. The 7th Division's...
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Tobruk") pulled back to Tobruk to avoid encirclement after actions at Er Regima and Mechili and reached Tobruk on 9 April 1941. There prolonged fighting...
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Attack on Nibeiwa (redirect from Action of Nibeiwa)
Group garrisoned a camp at Nibeiwa,12 mi (19 km) south of the port of Sidi Barrani. The British had fought a delaying action during the Italian advance...
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Mechili were to be captured. The plan was based on intelligence information, which incorrectly indicated that 2⁄3 of the German tank strength was at Tobruk...
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along the coast to Sollum and across the border to Bardia, Tobruk, Derna, Mechili, Beda Fomm and El Agheila on the Gulf of Sirte. The British suffered casualties...
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Rajendrasinhji Jadeja (category People educated at Malvern College)
April 1941, his brigade, the 3rd Indian Motor Brigade, was surrounded at Mechili by numerically superior Axis forces. Being encircled, the allied forces...
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