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The Battle of Mersa Matruh was fought from 26 to 29 June 1942, following the defeat of the Eighth Army (General Sir Claude Auchinleck) at the Battle of Gazala and was part of the Western Desert Campaign of the Second World War. The combatant on the Axis side was the Panzer Army Afrika (Panzerarmee Afrika (Generalfeldmarschall Erwin Rommel), consisting of German and Italian units. The Allied forces of the Eighth Army comprised X Corps and XIII Corps. The battle developed as the Afrika Korps pursued the Eighth Army as it retreated into Egypt. Rommel intended to engage and destroy the Allied infantry formations in detail, before the British had a chance to regroup. The Axis cut off the line of retreat of X Corps and XIII Corps but was too weak to stop the British from breaking out. The fortre

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  • Battle of Mersa Matruh (en)
  • Battaglia di Marsa Matruh (it)
  • Bataille de Mersa Matruh (fr)
  • 메르사마트루 전투 (ko)
  • Bitwa o Mersa Matruh (pl)
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  • La bataille de Mersa Matrouh est un affrontement de la guerre du Désert de la Seconde Guerre mondiale s'étant déroulé du 26 au 29 juin 1942, à la suite de la défaite de la 8e armée du général Claude Auchinleck à la bataille de Gazala. Elle opposa la Panzerarmee Afrika du Generalfeldmarschall Erwin Rommel composé d'unités allemandes et italiennes aux forces alliées de la 8e armée comprenant les Xe (général William Holmes) et XIIIe corps (général William Gott). (fr)
  • 메르사마트루 전투는 1942년 6월 26일부터 1942년 6월 29일까지 이집트 메르사마트루에서 일어난 제2차 세계 대전의 서부 사막 전역의 전투이다. 이 전투는 영국의 제8군단, 제10군단을 주축으로 한 연합군, 독일의 아프리카 군단 기갑사단을 주축으로 한 독일-이탈리아 추축군이 맞붙은 전투로서 가잘라 전투에서 연합군이 패전한 이후에 벌어진 전투이다. (ko)
  • La battaglia di Marsa Matruh fu combattuta dal 26 al 29 giugno 1942, in seguito alla sconfitta dell'ottava armata (guidata dal generale Sir Claude Auchinleck) nella battaglia di Ain el-Gazala e fece parte della campagna del deserto occidentale della seconda guerra mondiale. (it)
  • The Battle of Mersa Matruh was fought from 26 to 29 June 1942, following the defeat of the Eighth Army (General Sir Claude Auchinleck) at the Battle of Gazala and was part of the Western Desert Campaign of the Second World War. The combatant on the Axis side was the Panzer Army Afrika (Panzerarmee Afrika (Generalfeldmarschall Erwin Rommel), consisting of German and Italian units. The Allied forces of the Eighth Army comprised X Corps and XIII Corps. The battle developed as the Afrika Korps pursued the Eighth Army as it retreated into Egypt. Rommel intended to engage and destroy the Allied infantry formations in detail, before the British had a chance to regroup. The Axis cut off the line of retreat of X Corps and XIII Corps but was too weak to stop the British from breaking out. The fortre (en)
  • Bitwa o Mersa Matruh – bitwa stoczona w dniach 26–29 czerwca 1942 r., po porażce brytyjskiej 8 Armii gen. Claude Auchinlecka w bitwie pod Gazalą w czasie kampanii afrykańskiej II wojny światowej. Po stronie państw Osi walczył w niej Afrika Korps gen. Erwina Rommla, składający się z jednostek niemieckich i włoskich. Siły alianckie składały się z X i XIII Korpusu 8 Armii wycofujących się do Egiptu. (pl)
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  • Battle of Mersa Matruh (en)
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