Word: bengazi
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Dates: during 1941-1941
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...various column movements was vital to such a plan. It was important that Cunningham get his forces around the Axis coast positions in time to cooperate with the southern forces that made the dash westward straight across the desert to Giálo, thence northward toward the shore between Bengazi and Tripoli. By the time the southern unit had reached the oasis at Giálo, the coastal forces were behind schedule, leaving the Giálo unit out on a limb. Though Ritchie took over on Nov. 26, only eight days after the offensive had begun...
Because the success of the next push-to Dérna or Bengazi-will directly reflect Ritchie's ability, it will be the high spot of his career, and of the offensive. Neil Ritchie is only 44. If only because of his youth, he may do better than Cunningham, who is ten years his senior. But his career, from subaltern in the Black Watch at 17 to Major General at 43, has been almost too formal to promise the flashes of unorthodoxy which usually herald great commanders...
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