Modern era · 1942
Battle of El Agheila
The Battle of El Agheila was a brief engagement of the Western Desert Campaign of the Second World War. It took place in December 1942 between Allied forces of the Eighth Army (General Bernard Montgomery) and the Axis forces of the German-Italian Panzer Army (Generalfeldmarschall Erwin Rommel), during the long Axis withdrawal from El Alamein to Tunis.
- When
- 11 Dec 1942 – 18 Dec 1942
- Where
- El Agheila
- Era
- Modern
Topics
Before and after
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