Gazala
| Ain el Gazala عين الغزالة Gazala Ain el Ghazala |
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  Ain el Gazala
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| Coordinates: 32°08′43″N 23°21′27″E / 32.14528°N 23.3575°ECoordinates: 32°08′43″N 23°21′27″E / 32.14528°N 23.3575°E | |
| Country |  Libya |
| District | Al Butnan District |
| Time zone | UTC + 2 |
Gazala, or Ain el Gazala (Arabic: عين الغزالة), is a small Libyan village near the coast in the northeastern portion of the country. It’s located some 60 km (38 m) west of Tobruk. It has little importance due to poor resource endowment and government neglect.
In the late 1930s (during the Italian occupation of Libya), the village was the site of an Arab concentration camp, which the men of the Senussi resistance tried in vain to penetrate. [1]
Ain el Gazala is perhaps best known for the memorable World War II battle that took place in the surrounding area from May to June 1942 between Axis forces (led by Erwin Rommel) and Allied forces (led by Neil Ritchie). This battle resulted in an Axis victory and the subsequent capture of Tobruk on June 21, 1942.
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- ^ Kalifa Tillisi, “Mu’jam Ma’arik Al Jihad fi Libia1911-1931”, Dar Ath Thaqafa, Beirut, Lebanon, 1973, pp.370-371.
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