The maps depict four stages during the last 18 months of the British-Axis duel in Libya. In map 4, Rommel was brought to a halt west of Derna and Mekili on February 7 and resumed his drive this week, seeking to turn the British southern flank at Bir Hacheim and break through northward to Tobruk.
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Southland Times, Issue 24761, 4 June 1942, Page 5
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55The maps depict four stages during the last 18 months of the British-Axis duel in Libya. In map 4, Rommel was brought to a halt west of Derna and Mekili on February 7 and resumed his drive this week, seeking to turn the British southern flank at Bir Hacheim and break through northward to Tobruk. Southland Times, Issue 24761, 4 June 1942, Page 5
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