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Battle of Gazala
The Battle of Gazala (near the modern town of "Ayn al Ghazālah" عين الغزالة) was fought during the Western Desert Campaign of the Second World War, west of the port of Tobruk in Libya, from 26 May to 21 June 1942. Axis troops of the "Panzerarmee Afrika" ("Generaloberst" Erwin Rommel) consisted of German and Italian units. Allied forces (Commander-in-Chief Middle East, General Sir Claude Auchinleck) were mainly British, Indian, South African and Free
Oct 1941 Lieutenant-General Vyvyan Pope
- Nov 1941 – Jul 1942 Lieutenant-General Willoughby Norrie
- Jul–Sep 1942 Lieutenant-General William Ramsden
- Sep 1942 – Dec 1943 Lieutenant-General Sir Oliver Leese
- Jan–Jul 1944 Lieutenant-General Gerard Bucknall
- Aug 1944 – Dec 1945 Lieutenant-General Brian Horrocks
- Dec 1945 – Sep 1946 Lieutenant-General Alexander Galloway
See also.
- Battle of Gazala
References.
- Forty, George, "British Army Handbook