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	The El Agheila Position \| NZETC
		The El Agheila position marked in effect the indeterminate division between Cyrenaica and Tripolitania (the two northern subdivisions of Libya), and when occupied by troops could well be a barrier to the passage from the one to the other.
		The British forces knew it as either the ‘Agheila’ or the ‘El Agheila’ position; but actually the enemy's line of defences ran from the coast at Marsa Brega to the south and then to the west, and the Germans always referred to it as the ‘Marsa el Brega’ line.
		Some 17 miles to the west of El Agheila there was an anti-tank ditch protected by minefields, running from the sea to the tip of Sebcha el Chebira, another salt marsh.
	www.nzetc.org /tm/scholarly/tei-WH2Bard-c2-6.html (405 words)

	El Agheila Information
		El Agheila is a coastal city on the Gulf of Sidra in far southwestern Cyrenaica, Libya.
		This gave the German Afrika Korps under Erwin Rommel a chance to arrive and launch an offensive which retook El Agheila in March and drove the British all the way back to Tobruk and the Egyptian frontier.
		The Afrika Korps was broken, and its retreating remnants gave up El Agheila for the final time to the advancing British Eighth Army in late December 1942.
	www.bookrags.com /wiki/El_Agheila (286 words)

	Agheila, El - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Agheila, El
		Agheila, El Small Libyan town on the south coast of the Gulf of Sidra, south of Benghazi.
		A thin strip of firm ground between the sea and extensive salt marshes, it forms a natural bottleneck and so during the North African campaign in World War II was of strategic importance to both sides.
		He himself fell back on El Agheila temporarily in January 1942 and finally in November 1942 in his retreat after El Alamein, when a deep outflanking movement through the desert by New Zealand troops drove him to continue his retreat.
	encyclopedia.farlex.com /Agheila,%20El (212 words)

	Exordio - Segunda Guerra Mundial - Operación Crusader
		El Teniente General Crüwell, al mando de la 15 División Panzer avanzó hacia el este, por el flanco sur de las fuerzas de Cunningham y con la 21 División Panzer cercó a los británicos que atacaban con todo lo que tenían intentando romper el cerco de Tobruk.
		Ordena contener el fuego para evitar que en pánico todo el mundo comience a disparar, pero indica que deben disparar a cualquier vehículo que intente escapar el cerco.
		El 12 de enero capitulaban las fuerzas que defendían Sollum después de disparar el último tiro y hasta las bengalas, aunque en realidad fue la falta de agua y alimentos lo que los rindió.
	exordio.com /1939-1945/militaris/batallas/afrikakorps/crusader.html (1507 words)

	Western Desert Campaign - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The remainder of the Italian force retreated to El Agheila by 9 February 1941.
		After the Empire of Japan attacked Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941, much of the Indian and Australian forces were withdrawn from the Western Desert to their respective homelands, while the 7th Armoured Division was withdrawn and British 7th Armoured Brigade participated in the defense of Burma.
		The relatively inexperienced British 1st Armoured Division formed the principal defense around El Agheila, and Rommel's Afrika Korps was easily able to force it back across the Cyrenaican bulge once replacements and resupply had arrived in January 1942.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Western_Desert_Campaign (1312 words)

	Las operaciones en Africa - El afrika korps de Rommel
		El 18 de enero de 1941 se inicia una ofensiva inglesa contra el Africa Oriental Italiana y cuatro días después cae Tobruk, en Cirenaica.
		El 29 cae Derna sobre la costa líbica ante el desbande italiano que se retira hasta El Agheila para apostar una defensa.
		El posterior ataque a Grecia en octubre de 1940 dilapidó la última oportunidad de los italianos en Africa, permitiéndole a los ingleses reorganizarse y reforzar sus líneas en territorio africano sin sufrir interrupciones.
	www.ajzanier.com.ar /africa2.htm (525 words)

	The Recapture of Cyrenaica: The Role of British Vulnerability in the Success of the Afrika Korps (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		El Agheila was located in the bend of the Cyrenaican coastline, about 150 miles from the port of Benghazi.
		Rommel rationalized his unauthorized assault on El Agheila on the fact that British patrols stationed there were harassing his supply columns headed to Marada, an Axis outpost ninety miles to the south.
		While El Agheila was not originally intended to be the start of a major campaign to recapture Cyrenaica, the momentum of victory drove Rommel onward.
	www.cumberlandcollege.edu /academics/history/upsilonian/files/vol7/RobertStephens95.html (3008 words)

	Yoicks! - TIME
		Erwin Rommel's retreat from El Aghéila had begun with an orderliness that was almost sedate.
		Mussolini's warriors, left in the lurch at El Alamein, were in the forefront of this latest retreat and far along the coast.
		Westward Rommel continued to flee until, at week's end, he was 225 miles from El Aghéila and still pelting on toward Tripoli.
	www.time.com /time/magazine/article/0,9171,886084,00.html (625 words)

	News \| TimesDaily.com \| TimesDaily \| Florence, Alabama (AL) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		El Agheila () is a coastal city at the bottom of the Gulf of Sidra in far southwestern Cyrenaica, Libya.
		This gave the German Afrika Korps under Erwin Rommel a chance to arrive and launch an offensive which retook El Agheila in March and drove the British all the way back to Tobruk and the Egyptian frontier.
		The Afrika Korps was broken, and its retreating remnants gave up El Agheila for the final time to the advancing British Eighth Army in late December 1942.
	www.timesdaily.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=El_Agheila (309 words)

	Germans; the old enemy
		Thanks in part to the actions of Panzer-Regiment 5 of the 21st Panzer-Division, the retreat back to El Agheila was successful, although by this time the siege on Tobruk had now been lifted and the British garrison was once again reunited with the 8th Army.
		The 21st Panzer-Division next saw action in the Battles for El Alamein, fighting in desperate battles against a vastly growing number of enemy tanks.
		Against heavy loses and a growing number of British AFV's, the Germans were pushed back from the El Alamein lines, and the division saw action in rear guard operations that partially allowed the Germans to retreat back across the border, across the Libyan Desert, all the way to Tunisia.
	www.diggerhistory.info /pages-enemy/ww2/germans.htm (1037 words)

	Military.com Content
		The Battle of El Alamein began on October 23 with a massive artillery barrage fired by 900 British guns.
		He paused at El Agheila between November 23 and December 18, and again at Buerat and Wadi Zemzem, from December 26, 1942, to January 16, 1943.
		But after the defeat at El Alamein, Hitler's sense of pride once again overcame his meager grasp of strategy, and he committed a second field army to North Africa that he could neither sustain logistically nor afford to lose.
	www.military.com /Content/MoreContent?file=PRnafrica2 (2427 words)

	Tobruk '41 After Action Report
		Mersa el Brega, 31 March 1941: After their glorious victory over the Italians in December 1940, the British were beset with demands for their meager resources.
		By the end of March he had accumulated enough force to test the British defenses and el Agheila, the gateway to Cyrenaica, fell on 24 March without a single casualty.
		However, 25km to the east lay the small anchorage of Mersa el Brega and the last natural defensive position between el Agheila and el Alamein, 1000 kilometers to the east.
	members.shaw.ca /gcsaunders/T41_aar2.html (1586 words)

	North African campaign - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		It was far more successful than expected and resulted in the surrender of the entire Italian army and the advance of the Allies to El Agheila.
		Although ordered to simply hold the line, Rommel launched an offensive from El Agheila which, with the exception of Tobruk, managed to press the Allies beyond Salum, effectively putting both sides back at their approximate original positions.
		During the following stalemate, the Allied forces reorganised as the Eighth Army, which was made up of units from the armies of several countries, especially the Australian Army and the Indian Army, but also including divisions from the South African Army, the New Zealand Army and a brigade of Free French under Marie-Pierre Koenig.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/North_African_Campaign (1289 words)

	CHAPTER 7 — El Agheila \| NZETC
		The position of El Agheila was naturally strong by reason of its difficulty of approach.
		The 51st Division now occupied El Agheila and 7 Armoured Division was in action at the anti-tank ditch west of the town.
		Since the start of the El Agheila operation twenty of his tanks had been destroyed or captured, and about 500 prisoners remained in Eighth Army's hands, of which 13 were taken by 24 Battalion from 200 Panzer Grenadier Regiment.
	www.nzetc.org /tm/scholarly/tei-WH2-24Ba-c7.html (3033 words)

	Achtung Panzer! - Erwin Rommel!
		By December 7th, Afrika Korps was forced to withdraw across Cyrenaica and on January 6th reached El Agheila in Libya.
		On October 23rd, British launched their offensive directed in recapturing lost land and destroying the Axis forces in North Africa.Right after the start of the British offensive, Rommel was recalled to Africa and reached his headquarters on October 25th.
		Erwin Rommel was unable to establish defensive positions nor to launch an offensive due to the lack of equipment and supplies and decided to retreat to the German bridgehead at Tunis.
	www.achtungpanzer.com /gen1.htm (3079 words)

	Staffordshire Yeomanry from Alamein to Tunis
		The operation for breaking through the enemy positions at El Agheila consisted of a frontal attack, combined with an outflanking move round to the south.
		It had proved the hardest battle since El Alamein, but it had succeeded in turning an immensely strong enemy position on the Mareth line, and the Staffordshire Yeomanry came in for much praise and many congratulations for their share of the great achievement.
		There was to be little rest for the Regiment after the successful capture of El Hamma and Gabes, and on 6th April the Brigade, still with the Staffordshire Yeomanry in the lead, moved forward to the Wadi Akarit behind a barrage of some 400 guns.
	www.warchronicle.com /staffsyeo/historiantales_wwii/northafricareg.htm (8848 words)

	II Guerra Mondiale Campagna Africa Settentrionale - parte IIª (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Quindi, Rommel ripartì per l'Africa concentrando i suoi pensieri sull'azione limitata contro El Agheila e dal cui successo sarebbero dipesi gli sviluppi dei piani futuri, perché Rommel con questo attacco prevedeva di scoprire la capacità di reazione degli inglesi.
		Due brigate furono schierate a est di Bengasi fra El Regima e Tocra; la terza fu mandata a Tobruch, per la semplice ragione che da Bengasi non era più possibile provvedere all'invio dei rifornimenti e qui incominciò a rimettere in efficienza le vecchie opere difensive costruite dagl'italiani.
		La prima fase di questa offensiva fu la conquista, di El Agheila che i soldati di Rommel occuparono il 24 marzo, seguita il 31 dello stesso mese, da un attacco sferrato dalla 5ª divisione leggera contro la posizione di Marsa el Brega presidiata dalla 2ª divisione corazzata inglese.
	www.lasecondaguerramondiale.it /africa_sett_2.html (3928 words)

	Benghazi Handicap
		The fort of El Agheila fell to Steich's 5th leichte on 24 March 1941.
		The Allies withdrew 30 miles to the arab village of Mersa el Brega.
		Rommel is instructed by Belin to wait till the arrival of 15 Panzer Division (due at the end of May) before making further attacks.
	members.ozemail.com.au /~johncor/bat_benghazihandicap.html (382 words)

	CoSmIc WebSite Al Agheila (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
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	1942 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		The British hold El Alamein despite heavy attacks, Rommel is now down to 26 tanks.
		A British attack against axis positions to the South of El Alamein is repulsed.
		Rommel begins to retreat from his positions El Agheila, as the Eighth Army continues advance in to Libya.
	www.wargamer.com /ww2timeline/1942africa.asp (1428 words)

	Campaign Maps - The North African Campaign - NZHistory.net.nz (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		After the success at the second battle of El Alamein in October 1942, the New Zealand Division pursued German and Italian troops and captured Halfaya Pass.
		El Agheila was where the Allies defeated Italian troops in late 1940 at the beginning of the North African campaign.
		After the second battle of El Alamein in October 1942, the Allies pursued the Germans and Italians along the Libyan coast.
	www.nzhistory.net.nz /war/northafrica-map (403 words)

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		Supplies originating in Tripoli were also loaded aboard trucks and moved to El Agheila and then on to Benghazi and forward to the DAK Hq.
		After the withdrawal, the Axis disposition had the 8th MG in El Agheila, The Trieste Division at Mersa Brega, and Rommel and the 2-8 Panzer and 288th Sonderverband on the Balbia between Mersa Brega and Agedabia.
		The 8th Bersaglieri advanced from El Agheila to Benghazi to the Jabel el Akhdar.
	grognard.com /reviews1/afrikammp.doc (9575 words)

	North Africa, WW2, Tobruk, Benghazi, Torch, Malta, Suez, Egypt, Greece, Crete, Alexandria, Med Fleet, 8th Army, ...
		Australian troops captured the major port of Benghazi at the same time, and by the 9th El Agheila was reached.
		El Agheila soon felll and Benghazi was occupied before the month was out.
		Under direct and flanking attack, Rommel abandoned El Agheila and withdrew to defence lines at Buerat on the approaches to Tripoli.
	www.naval-history.net /WW2CampaignsNorthAfrica.htm (6560 words)

	Rommel
		Besides fuel, equipment, and provisions, the most important commodity in supply was water -- this was, after all, the desert.
		Beginning with El Agheila, Rommel began to secure his line.
		Mersa El Brega fell less than a week later, then Bir Lengedir, and then Mechili, and El Adem.
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	World War Two - Part 2
		'C' Squadron was forward at El Agheila, and on the 20th Lieutenant Williams engaged three enemy armoured cars, a motorcycle combination and a truck with an anti-tank gun.
		The KDG were ordered to fall back on Bir El Gubi, being attacked several times en route by their own aircraft and suffering casualties as a result.
		By the 13th the regiment was back in the Bir El Gubi area and was able to resuce odd parties of the Free French escaping after the fall of Bir Hacheim, including a tall Senegalese who consumed immediately a complete 7lb tin of marmalade.
	www.qdg.org.uk /pages/WW2-Part-2-73.php (8001 words)

	Case Study: Rommel in North Africa
		The 3rd Recon Battalion and 5th Light Division routed the British 2nd Armored Division screening El Agheila and, with Italian armor, advanced eastward across the desert.
		Rommel retreated to Gazala on December 4 and was all the back to El Agheila by December 15.
		Montgomery, Bernard, El Alamein to the River Sangro, Hutchinson and Co., 1948.
	www.cs.hmc.edu /~dhamm/wargames/rommel.html (1332 words)

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