Word: reattack
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Dates: during 1941-1941
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...growth of his forces caused him to make the real mistake of his career. In planning his counter-attacks last June, to throw the Germans back beyond Tobruk after they had retaken Libya, he planned a rapid attack, quick withdrawal, reattack. In operation he found that he could not move his big forces as quickly as he had moved his small forces. Supply complications and intertwining of forces tangled up the plan. It failed, and after a few days' fruitless fighting the attempt was abandoned...
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