25°11′E / 31.500°N 25.183°E / 31.500; 25.183 Halfaya Pass (Arabic: ممر حلفيا, romanized: Mamarr Ḥalfayā Egyptian Arabic pronunciation: [ma.marr ħal.fæyaː]...

almost the entire force back to Halfaya Pass. The operation ended on 17 May, with only the Halfaya Pass captured. The pass was retaken by a small German...

Halfaya Pass, Bir Wair and Musaid, then press on to Fort Capuzzo. Coast Column was to take Sollum and the foot of Halfaya Pass. Sollum, Halfaya Pass and...

ground—conducted a staged withdrawal to the Halfaya Pass on 16 May, and Brevity was closed down. The importance of the Halfaya Pass as a safe supply route was highlighted...

British out of Halfaya Pass and forced them to retire to the area from Buq Buq to Sofafi. The Germans and Italians fortified the pass and built other...

fall back onto the Halfaya Pass, captured the previous day 26 May: German forces launch Operation Skorpion and move up to Halfaya Pass 27 May: German forces...

of Fort Capuzzo April 30: First Battle of Halfaya Pass Operation Brevity May 15: Second Battle of Halfaya Pass May 15–16: Fifth Battle of Fort Capuzzo Operation...

of the Halfaya Pass, Bir Wair and Musaid, then pressed on and took Fort Capuzzo. The coast group failed to capture the bottom of the Halfaya Pass. The garrison...

XXIII Corps and the 2nd CC.NN. Division "28 Ottobre", were in Sollum and Halfaya Pass respectively and the 62nd Infantry Division "Marmarica" was at Sidi Omar...

a counter-attack, "Brevity", at Halfaya Pass. The two sides trade alternating control of Fort Capuzzo and Halfaya Pass. 17 May: British forces in the Habbaniya...

Hellfire Pass is a railway cutting and war memorial in Thailand. Hellfire Pass is also an alternative name for: Bwlch y Groes in Wales Halfaya Pass in Egypt...

mountain passes. Halfaya Pass (near Libya) Moteng Pass Mahlasela pass Sani Pass Tizi n'Tichka Eastern Cape Passes Western Cape Passes Northern Cape Passes KwaZulu...

the west of Paraetonium, marked the boundary to Libycus nome, and the Halfaya Pass (at Sallum) marked the boundary to Marmarica proper. Matrouh Governorate...

7.5 km (4.7 mi) north of Halfaya Pass. Sallum is on its own pass which, improved since World War II, has become the main pass ascending the related ridge...

conduct the ambitious Operation Brevity which succeeded in re-taking the Halfaya Pass but failed in its wider objectives. A subsequent larger scale operation...

by the end of April it had taken Sollum and the tactically important Halfaya Pass. Rommel garrisoned these positions, reinforcing the battle-group and...

metropolitan divisions would advance along the coast and attack through Halfaya Pass, occupy Sollum and continue to Sidi Barrani. A southern column of the...

into Egypt. By the end of April, Sollum had fallen and the important Halfaya Pass captured. In East Africa, the British launched a counter-attack against...

Egypt and Libya during the Western Desert campaign from 1940 to 1942. Halfaya Pass, about 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) from Sollum was the scene of major engagements...

conducted a staged withdrawal to the Halfaya Pass on 16 May. From 26 to 27 May, German troops recaptured the pass in Operation Skorpion. The British resumed...

against 23,000 Allied troops of whom were cut off 15,000 in Tobruk. Sollum-Halfaya Pass June 1941-The Allied counteroffensive with two divisions and two brigades...

anti-Partisan operation Skorpion ("Scorpion") (1941) — Axis recapture of Halfaya Pass Sommernachtstraum ("Summers Night Dream") (1941) — Sonnenblume (Sun Flower)...

from well-placed 8.8 cm Flak guns in the battles of Halfaya Pass earned it the nickname "Hellfire Pass". Later in that theater, in the Battle of Faid in...

transport Fairburne in exchange for his help in capturing the German-held Halfaya Pass; Fairburne infiltrates the enemy camp and destroys several Flak 88s....

that was planned for June. Brevity's objectives were to recapture the Halfaya Pass, drive the enemy from the Sollum and Capuzzo areas, and deplete Rommel's...

surrendered on 2 January 1942 and on 17 January the Axis troops around Halfaya Pass capitulated. On the night of 6/7 December, the 70th Division captured...

against tough opposition. In May, the regiment saw action at the Battle of Halfaya Pass, which saw British and Commonwealth forces experiencing tough fighting...

South African forces of the British 8th Army conquer the Halfaya Pass ("Hellfire Pass"). The Halfaya garrison of 4,200 men of the Italian 55th Division "Savona"...

Rommel inflicted a sharp defeat on the American forces at the Kasserine Pass in February, his last battlefield victory of the war, and his first engagement...

of the escarpment by the Halfaya Pass with the Senussi waiting at the top, Peyton chose an inland route via the Median Pass 20 mi (32 km) south-east of...