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	MIniaturwelten - Dioramen und Modellbau W.Maass
		Fort Capuzzo ist von den Italienern in Libyen errichtet worden.
		Fort Capuzzo wurde nach dem 2 Weltkrieg komplett eingeebnet.
		Da es vom Fort Capuzzo nur noch drei Fotografien von 1941 gibt, ansonsten kein Bildmaterial oder andere historische Dokumente mehr vorhanden sind, bekam ich den Auftrag, die Ansicht des Fort Capuzzo vom Frühsommer 1941 (für eine historische Ausstellung in Rom) in einem Diorama für die Nachwelt nachzubauen.
	www.miniaturwelten.com /53738/home.html?sessionidkey=sessionidval (1326 words)

	Fort Western: Definition and Links by Encyclopedian.com (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Fort Western was a colonial outpost at the head of navigation on the Kennebec River[?] at modern Augusta, Maine.
		Fort Western was viewed as the jump off of their march through the wilderness.
		The fort and store are maintained as a museum, and are open to the public during the summer months.
	www.encyclopedian.com /fo/Fort-Western.html (314 words)

	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Operation Battleaxe
		It started on 10 April 1941 as Generalleutnant Erwin Rommel invested the fort, besieging it for months, and launched attacks against the fort that were unsuccessful.
		Early on, the 4th Indian Division was having success, and it quickly took Fort Capuzzo and fended off a German counter-attack.
		He assigned his Panzer Division to attack Fort Capuzzo from the north, and he also ordered his Light Division to go east to surround Beresford-Peirse and his Armoured Division.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Operation-Battleaxe (1826 words)

	[No title]
		Fort la Reine was as part of the 23-ship Vancouver, BC, to Liverpool (via Cristobal, Guantanamo Bay, and Halifax) convoy PG-6 when she was lost.
		Fort la Reine was a North Sands-class freighter built by Burrard Drydock Company Ltd. (South Yard), at Vancouver, BC She was completed in Jul 42.
		Fort la Reine was one of 90 North Sands-class freighters built in Canada for American order under the Hyde Park Declaration and subsequently provided to Great Britain under the Lend-Lease Agreement.
	www.seawaves.com /newsletters/TDIH/august/17Aug.txt (1922 words)

	The 11th Hussars,(Prince Albert’s Own), 1940 (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Sqn withdrew and on passing SIDI AZEIZ, the Fort was seen to be in flames and a white flag was hoisted from the area of the Fort.
		The fort at GARN EL GREIN (30 miles North of GIARRABUB) was being used as a staging camp for vehicles and it had been observed from the air that there was usually some MT in groups round the fort.
		This fort is almost certainly to be the same one which was captured by C Sqn on June 22nd.
	www.warlinks.com /armour/11_hussars/11huss_40.html (22035 words)

	MagWeb Europa: WWII North Africa: British vs. Italians: 57 Military History and Product Magazines
		In Cyrene, Graziani faced the inevitability of losing Sollum and Fort Capuzzo, and retreated the bulk of his force to Bardia.
		By the 20th, 7th Armoured, despite exhausted crews and vehicles, had seized Capuzzo and Sollum, but Bergonzoli had been able to muster a considerable defense in Bardia: four divisions of 21st Corps plus fortress troops, border guards, an anti-tank ditch, concrete blockhouses, and remnants of fleeing units.
		Fort Pilastrino fumed out to be simply a collection of barrack buildings surrounded by a wall, and Australian infantry took it quickly.
	www.magweb.com /sample/seuropa/seu55daw.htm (9336 words)

	Fort Capuzzo Update, Battlefield 2142 Downloads, Battlefield 2142 Forgotten Hope Maps
		Fort Capuzzo Update, Battlefield 2142 Downloads, Battlefield 2142 Forgotten Hope Maps
		This is a small update for the map "Fort Capuzzo" (for the Forgotten Hope modification for Battlefield 1942) which makes several changes as well as adds several new things to the map!
		This will add new features to the Fort Capuzzo Forgotten Hope map.
	battlefield2.filefront.com /file/Fort_Capuzzo_Update;69424 (544 words)

	World War 2 Timelines - War in the Desert 1940 - Worldwar-2.net
		British armoured cars cross into Libya from Egypt and ambush a number of Italian trucks near Fort Capuzzo.
		British troops capture Fort Capuzzo and Maddalena, destroy the fixed guns and emplacements and then retire back to Egypt.
		While pursuing the retreating Italians, the British forces in North Africa take Sollum, Fort Capuzzo and several other crucial Italian defensive positions.
	www.worldwar-2.net /timelines/war-in-the-desert/war-in-the-desert-index-1940.htm (883 words)

	Operation Compass Part One
		Fort Maddalena fell without a shot, as the vast majority of the garrison had already abandoned it, and while some resistance was encountered at Fort Capuzzo, the fort fell without bloodshed.
		Two days later, two troops of 11th Hussars were moving about between Sidi Omar and Fort Capuzzo when both troops encountered an Italian convoy with L3s and lorries carrying infantry on their way to re-garrison the fort.
		The Allied forces fought a number of brisk actions with the garrisons at Fort Maddalena and Garn el Grein while the Australians moved up from Alexandria (19th Aus Bde was kept in reserve to immediately move into the town by sea should the Italians surrender).
	www.historyofwar.org /articles/battles_compass1.html (5080 words)

	Battles 1941
		Forts Pilastrino and Solaro did hold out for a while, but eventually the Port along with Admiral Vietina and 27,000 prisoners, 230 guns and some 200 vehicles, fell to the Australians on 22nd January.
		This attack alerted the Germans at Fort Capuzzo, who greeted 'A' Squadron, 4th RTR, with a hail of shellfire, but eventually by 17th May the both fort and Halfaya Pass were in British hands for the loss of 160 British casualties, 5 Matildas destroyed and another 13 damaged.
		At Fort Capuzzo 22nd Guard Brigade were nearly trapped by the advance and General Creagh ordered the surviving tanks of both 4th and 7th Armoured Brigades to fight a defensive battle.
	www.btinternet.com /~ian.a.paterson/battles1941.htm (22562 words)

	The 4th Armoured Brigade, Chapter I (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The attack was preceded by naval and air bombardment and was a complete success: those tanks, which were lucky enough to have guns, bombarded the walls of the fort.
		The capture of Capuzzo was followed by a period of aggressive patrolling, of which the main burden was borne by 11th Hussars.
		It had become clear that the Italians, who had re-taken Capuzzo in July, were planning a further advance, and it had become essential to restrict the mileage of our antiquated tanks which were fast wearing out.
	www.warlinks.com /armour/4th_armoured/chapter_1.html (1689 words)

	2. The Plan Unfolds: Section II. New Defense Plans, May 7-June 15, 1941 \| The Development of German Defensive Tactics ...
		The rear (to be plotted on May 20) was to contain another group of four positions—Point 208, Fort Capuzzo, Musaid, and Upper Salum.
		The former is 5 miles south of Fort Capuzzo, while the latter includes Qalala.
		Artillery was to concentrate particularly on the area west of Capuzzo, and the tank patrol contact at Point 206 and Qalala, and was to move with the 8th Tank Regiment, being prepared to lay a general barrage on the area west of the stützpunkt.
	www.lonesentry.com /manuals/cyrenaica/plan.html (3318 words)

	5 Fd Regt 1941 Desert Campaign
		This position we had between Capuzzo and Sollum was not far from the top of Hellfire Pass.
		Next thing of any consequence then was that a small force of Germans attacked the Fort from the south.
		Were heading back to Capuzzo when we were told there was a composite Regiment to be formed, and we would be advancing as the Germans were on the run.
	riv.co.nz /rnza/units/5fd/desert.htm (1969 words)

	Timeline of the North African Campaign - Biocrawler (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Royal Air Force bombs airfields and petrol dumps in Italian East Africa and Libya.
		British armoured cars cross into Libya from Egypt and destroy several Italian trucks near Fort Capuzzo.
		June 13: British forces capture Fort Capuzzo and Maddalena.
	www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Timeline_of_the_North_African_Campaign (189 words)

	Rea Leakey : Information and resources about Rea Leakey : School Work Guru
		Rea Leakey, a cousin of anthropologist Louis Leakey, was a British tank commander, during World War II, of the 1st Royal Tank Regiment.
		During the battle for Fort Capuzzo, Leakey's reconnaisance tank was lacking its armament, 2 Vickers machine guns; however, Leakey engaged the enemy anyways, by firing through the gunport with his revolver.
		His gunner did the same, firing with a rifle.
	www.schoolworkguru.org /encyclopedia/r/re/rea_leakey.html (202 words)

	Battlefront - Producers of fine metal and resin miniatures (Site not responding. Last check: )
		By 14th June, the 7th Hussars, with a company of the King’s Royal Rifle Corp and a battery of 4 RHA captured the Italian Fort Capuzzo.
		Fort Capuzzo was quickly taken by the 11th Hussars, but a determined counter-attack by the Germans retook it.
		The attack was underway on 18 November; the Desert Rats hooked around the open desert flank of the Germans and by 20 November had overrun the airfield at Side Rezegh with 6th RTR.
	www.battlefront.co.nz /Article.asp?ArticleID=366 (1604 words)

	Dansk Figurspilsforening
		Det andet, tredje og fjerde forsøg på at indtage Tobruk slår også fejl for Rommel, hvilket resulterer i at Rommel den 4.
		britiske panserdivision sættes ind som en central stødkile mod Fort Capuzzo, og på venstre fløj skal en tredje kampgruppe i en stor omgående bevægelse lukke omfatningen af de tyske og italienske styrker.
		Under kampene ved Fort Capuzzo bliver et stort antal af de fabriksnye britiske kampvogne på kort afstand ødelagt af tyskernes frygtede 88 mm luftværns- og panserværnskanon, hvis indsats i nogle britiske krigserklæringer endog betegnes som "unfair".
	www.krigsspil.dk /perioder/ww2/hist/felttogetafrika.html (918 words)

	Forte (Site not responding. Last check: )
		See live article Fort Capuzzo Fort Capuzzo, at the beginning of World War II, was an Italian fort in Libya, Africa.
		See live article Fort Carillon Fort Carillon was the original name given by the French to the fort that was later known as Fort Ticonderoga.
		The fort is named after General George Meade, a Union Army general in the United States Civil War.
	www.hygieneguard.com /health/Forte&start=153 (972 words)

	Benghazi Handicap
		The fort of El Agheila fell to Steich's 5th leichte on 24 March 1941.
		Vehicles ran out of fuel and were stranded - sometimes for days; pursuing columns became lost; vehicles broke down and had to be abandoned.
		In true Blitzkrieg fashion, Axis troops bypassed Tobruk to cut the Bardia Rd to Fort Cupuzzo.
	members.ozemail.com.au /~johncor/bat_benghazihandicap.html (382 words)

	Avalanche Press
		The Allies decided to take the fort by storm, and additional units began to arrive the first week of January 1941.
		By early March the Italian native troops had almost all deserted and the garrison's daily food ration had been significantly reduced, although the Italians still did not consider surrender an option.
		Following the capture of the central position of El Adem, 2/8th Battalion, supported by Matildas and armored cars, was sent west to attack the entrenched positions of Fort Pilastrino.
	www.avalanchepress.com /AfrikaKorpsScenarios.php (1484 words)

	Capuzzo (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Capuzzo - das wäre doch was für dich
		Capuzzo Construction is there for you when they say will be there and has an excellent reputation for dependability as any of our customers will attest...
		Congedato, Capuzzo si trasferisce a Trieste ove rimane per alcuni anni, lavorando intensamente per preparare un notevole gruppo di opere, che esporr poi a Ferrara nella sua prima mostra personale allestita nel Castello Estense, che riscosse un trionfale successo di critica e di pubblico...
	www.name65.de /c/Capuzzo.htm (1080 words)

	World War II's Opening Salvoes in North Africa
		In Cyrene, Graziani, faced with the probable loss of Sollum and Fort Capuzzo, retreated the bulk of his force to Bardia.
		By mid-day, the 19th Brigade was moving on Fort Pilastrino, which was the headquarters of the Italian 61st Division.
		However, the fort turned out to be a simple collection of barrack buildings surrounded by a wall, and the Australian infantry took it quickly.
	www.touregypt.net /featurestories/wwii1.htm (6659 words)

	Battles 1940
		Shortly after the outbreak of the war against Italy on 10th June, the 11th Hussars (under Lt-Colonel John Combe) were ordered to dominate the desert between the main Italian positions at Fort Capuzzo and Fort Maddalena.
		On 14th June, the 7th Hussars, with a company of the King's Royal Rifle Corp and a battery of 4 RHA captured Fort Capuzzo, while on the same night the 11th Hussars captured Fort Maddalena.
		In July that year, the Italians re-garrisoned Fort Capuzzo, but still the Hussars, along with the light tanks of the 4th and 7th Armoured Brigades, still continued to patrol and raid as they wished.
	www.btinternet.com /~ian.a.paterson/battles1940.htm (2526 words)

	www.themutepoint.com :: Post a reply
		Fort Capuzzo after the Desert Rats had their way with it in '41:
		Forts work similar to BUAs but give better protection (+2 def) and are harder to to attack.
		I might be able to make forts, I have some random small bits of wood that could be bodged into a fort...
	www.themutepoint.com /rpg/posting.php?mode=quote&p=10791 (1184 words)

	14 May 1941
		General Wavell launches operation 'Brevity' designed to counter-attack the German positions at Sollum and around Fort Capuzzo in an attempt to push Rommel back from the frontier and relieve Tobruk.
		The fight alerted the Germans at Fort Capuzzo, who greeted the advancing tanks of A Squadron, 4 RTR, with a hail of shellfire.
		Although the fort fell, it was quickly recaptured.
	homepage.ntlworld.com /andrew.etherington/1941/05/14.htm (546 words)

	Keyword (Site not responding. Last check: )
		FORT DIX, N.J. (AFPN) -- C-5 Galaxy aircrews must tape over some white lights in the cockpit of their huge aircraft before missions into a “fled out” environment when they must use night vision goggles.
		From there, they were bused to Fort Dix, where they were greeted by hand-painted posters,...
		Staff Sgt. Pascual Flores FORT DIX, N.J. (Army News Service, Jan. 28, 2004) -- Artillerymen normally pride themselves on their weapons, so when about 2,500 National Guard members were informed they were being deployed without their howitzers, it came as...
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/keyword?k=fortdix (1395 words)

	Italian biplane fighter aces - Roberto Lendaro (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Woodward also attacked and claimed a second CR.32 (this claim is unconfirmed and no more Italian losses has been possible to verify) before retuning to base with a single bullet hole in one of the wings.
		The combat of 14 June near Fort Capuzzo was our very first encounter with the enemy.
		Stormo that had taken of at 09:30 to attack British armoured cars that were surrounding Amseat fort (close to Fort Capuzzo).
	user.bahnhof.se /~surfcity/italy_lendaro.htm (798 words)

	Axis History Forum :: The Battle of Nezuet Ghirba 1940
		The outposts were Fort Capuzzo and Fort Maddalena, which were centered on the main roads, and trails, which intersect the border area, know as the wire.
		This mechanized column was to move forward and defeat the enemy penetrations of the frontier wire in the vicinity of Fort Capuzzo.
		When the raggruppamento advanced toward Fort Capuzzo, the British forces thought they spotted two separate columns and decided to withdraw back across the border area.
	forum.axishistory.com /viewtopic.php?p=812876 (1791 words)

	afrikakorps
		After three days of fierce fighting, Capuzzo and another Italian fort (Maddalena) were captured.
		At last, on December 9, warships of the Royal Navy heavily bombarded Sidi Barrani and Maktila, as the 4th Indian Division took forts at Nibeiwa and Tummar East and West.
		Efforts to block the enemy advance toward Tripolitania at El Aghelia were cut-off by the 7th Armoured Division, which reached the coast 70 miles south of Benghazi.
	www.third-reich-books.com /afrikakorps.htm (3152 words)

	Command Decision - Test of Battle -- View topic - Rally Forward: Battle of Fort Capuzzo
		I ran the Fort Capuzzo scenario from the upcoming Bengazi Handicap book as a practice run for Fall In at a local small convention.
		I was in the last session and only had one player so I took the Brits.
		My model of the Fort with the German Staff stand in the door way.
	www.testofbattle.com /phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=4238 (345 words)

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