Pertempuran Gazala

Pertempuran Gazala
Bagian dari Kampanye Gurun Barat pada Perang Dunia Kedua
Panzer Mk III dan kendaraan komando di gurun barat pada waktu pertempuran Gazala.
Tanggal 26 Mei – 21 Juni 1942 (25 hari) Lokasi Gazala, dekat Tobruk, Libya 32°08′43″N 23°21′27″E Hasil Kemenangan Blok Poros
Pihak terlibat
Britania Raya India Britania Afrika Selatan Templat:Country data Pasukan Prancis Bebas	Jerman Italia
Tokoh dan pemimpin
Claude Auchinleck Neil Ritchie	Erwin Rommel
Kekuatan
110,000 orang 843 tank 604 pesawat	90,000 orang (50,000 Jerman, 40,000 Italia) 560 tank (228 Italia) 542 pesawat
Korban
50,000 tewas, luka-luka atau ditangkap, termasuk c. 35,000 tahanan di Tobruk 1,188 tank	Jerman: 3,360 Italia: kurang dari Jerman c. 400 tank dirusak atau dihancurkan

Pertempuran Gazala (di dekat kota modern Ayn al Ghazālah) adalah sebuah pertarungan yang terjadi saat Kampanye Gurun Barat pada Perang Dunia Kedua, di sekitaran pelabuhan Tobruk di Libya dari 26 Mei sampai 21 Juni 1942. Kombatan pada pihak Blok Poros adalah Panzerarmee Afrika (Kolonel-Jenderal Erwin Rommel), yang terdiri dari unit Jerman dan Italia dan pasukan Sekutu dari Tentara Kedelapan (Letnan-Jenderal Neil Ritchie) dibawah pimpinan Ketua Komandan Timur Tengah, Jenderal Sir Claude Auchinleck.

Daftar pustaka

Buku

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• Rommel, Erwin (1953). Liddell Hart, B. H., ed. The Rommel Papers (edisi ke-1982). New York: Da Capo Press. ISBN 978-0-306-80157-0. 

Situs web

• "The History of the British 7th Armoured Division: The Desert Rats: Engagements 1942". May–June 1942. Diakses tanggal 13 March 2015. 
• Toppe, Generalmajor Alfred (1990) [~1947]. "German Experiences in Desert Warfare During World War II" (PDF). Washington: U.S. Marine Corps. FMFRP 12-96-II. Diarsipkan (PDF) dari versi asli tanggal 2 December 2007. Diakses tanggal 1 December 2007. 

Bacaan tambahan

• Dando, N. (2014). The Impact of Terrain on British Operations and Doctrine in North Africa 1940–1943 (Tesis PhD). Plymouth University. OCLC 885436735. https://pearl.plymouth.ac.uk//handle/10026.1/3035. Diakses pada 25 March 2015. 

Pranala luar

• German Experiences during The Battle of Gazala
• Fact file: Battle of Gazala WW2 People's War. BBC
• Battle of Gazala
• Parliamentary Debates, House of Commons Official Report 2 July 1942
• Animated Map of Battle of Gazala Diarsipkan 2016-01-07 di Wayback Machine.
• Battle of Gazala animated battle map Mark Cannon Diarsipkan 2016-01-13 di Wayback Machine.