El Agheila (Arabic: العقيلة, romanized: al-ʿUqaylapronunciationⓘ) is a coastal city at the southern end of the Gulf of Sidra in far western Cyrenaica, Libya. In 1988 it was placed in Ajdabiya District; remaining there until 1995. It was removed from Ajdabiya District in 1995 but in 2001 it was placed back into Ajdabiya District.[1] In 2007, El Agheila was placed within the enlarged Al Wahat District.
El Agheila is best known to history as the site of several Second World War battles during the North African Campaign.
^"الشعبيات بالجماهيرية" ("Districts of Libya") Website of the General People's Committee of Libya, from WebArchive dated 30 August 2006
ElAgheila (Arabic: العقيلة, romanized: al-ʿUqayla pronunciation) is a coastal city at the southern end of the Gulf of Sidra in far western Cyrenaica,...
The Battle of ElAgheila was a brief engagement of the Western Desert Campaign of the Second World War. It took place in December 1942 between Allied forces...
The ElAgheila concentration camp was an Italian concentration camp established in ElAgheila in the Italian colony of Libya during the Pacification of...
Axis forces were defeated in Operation Crusader and retired again to ElAgheila. In early 1942 Axis forces drove the Allies back again, then captured...
November and protect the Eighth Army. The Axis made a fighting withdrawal to ElAgheila but the Axis troops were exhausted and had received few replacements,...
and defeated at the Battle of Beda Fomm, the remnants being pursued to ElAgheila on the Gulf of Sirte. The British took over 138,000 Italian and Libyan...
withdrew to the Gazala position and on 15 December began a withdrawal to ElAgheila. The 2nd South African Division captured Bardia on 2 January 1942, Sollum...
raiding party ambushed a British patrol near ElAgheila on 24 February. On 24 March, the Axis captured ElAgheila and on 31 March attacked Mersa Brega. The...
transport. Lack of transport made it impossible to supply a garrison west of ElAgheila, the most favourable position for a defensive line and restricted the...
have to withdraw allowing Rommel to fall back to ElAgheila 31 December: Front lines return to ElAgheila 21 January: Rommel's second offensive begins A...
the remainder of the Tenth Army retreating along the coast road back to ElAgheila. Richard O'Connor sent the 7th Armoured Division across the desert with...
and across the border to Bardia, Tobruk, Derna, Mechili, Beda Fomm and ElAgheila on the Gulf of Sirte. The British suffered casualties of 1,900 men killed...
Allies had 110,000 men, 843 tanks and 604 aircraft. The Axis retreat to ElAgheila after Operation Crusader reduced the supply distance from Tripoli to 460 mi...
Syria 1941, Msus, Gazala, Knightsbridge, Defence of Alamein Line, El Alamein, ElAgheila, Advance on Tripoli, North Africa 1941–43, Sicily 1943, Arezzo,...
of more than 100,000 people ended in concentration camps in Suluq and ElAgheila, where thousands died in squalid conditions. It is estimated that the...
the way back to the starting positions he had held in March, reaching ElAgheila in December 1941. The British had retaken almost all of Cyrenaica, but...
counter-attack into Libya. The 10th Army was destroyed and the WDF occupied ElAgheila, some 970 km (600 mi) from Alexandria. With the arrival of the German...
The First Battle of El Alamein (1–27 July 1942) was a battle of the Western Desert campaign of the Second World War, fought in Egypt between Axis (German...
thought imminent. The British in Libya were unable to continue beyond ElAgheila anyway, because of vehicle breakdowns, exhaustion and the effect of the...
optimistic view of the situation and Comando Supremo chose the Mersa-el-Brega–ElAgheila position as the terminus of the retreat, even though the position...
The Battle of Alam el Halfa took place between 30 August and 5 September 1942 south of El Alamein during the Western Desert Campaign of the Second World...
from raids on Axis airfields, attacking the airfields at Sirte (twice), ElAgheila, Ajdabiya, Nofaliya and Tamit, and destroying 151 aircraft and 30 vehicles...
"On 8th February (1941), leading troops of the British Army occupied ElAgheila...Graziani's Army had virtually ceased to exist. all that remained of...
The Battle of El Guettar took place during the Tunisia Campaign of World War II, fought between elements of the Army Group Africa under General Hans-Jürgen...
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