The Battle of Gazala, also the Gazala Offensive, was fought near the village of Gazala during the Western Desert Campaign of the Second World War, west of the port of Tobruk in Libya, from 26 May to 2
Panzer III and Rommel's command vehicle during the Battle of Gazala.
Field Marshal Erwin Rommel, with aides during the desert campaign. 1942
From left to right, the Italian generals Nicolini, Baldassarre and Lombardi.
M3 Grant with knocked out Panzer I, 1942
Johannes Erwin Eugen Rommel, known as The Desert Fox, was a German Generalfeldmarschall during World War II. He served in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany, as well as in the Reichswehr of the Weimar Repu
Battle of Gazala
…Second World War, west of the port of Tobruk in Libya, from 26 May to 21 June 1942. Axis troops consisting of German (Panzerarmee Afrika; Generaloberst Erwin Rommel) and Italian units fought the British Eighth Army (General Sir Claude Auchinleck, also Commander-in-Chief Middle East) composed mainly of British…
Lieutenant Rommel in Italy, 1917
Rommel and Adolf Hitler in Goslar, 1934
Hitler in Poland (September 1939). Rommel is on his left and Martin Bormann on his right.