Word: aghelis
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Dates: during 1941-1941
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...Italian. It was Lieut. General Erwin Rommel, a Panzer expert whose appointment to Libya must have maddened the Italians: he distinguished himself against them in World War I. General Rommel apparently used one mechanized division (mostly German) in his giant raid, and by outflanking tactics took first el-Aghéila, the farthest point of British advance, then the desert outposts of Marsa el-Bréga and Aged...
...British apparently saw advantages in pressing on. At week's end they announced that advance forces had already taken el-Aghéila, 170 miles beyond Bengasi and half way across the Sirte desert. There were hints that mechanical units would press on along the coastal highway, that troops might be transported...