Operation Brevity was a limited offensive conducted in mid-May 1941, during the Western Desert Campaign of the Second World War. Conceived by the commander-in-chief...

or: Brevity (comic strip), a comic strip created by Guy Endore-Kaiser and Rodd Perry Brevity code, a vocal word replacement system Operation Brevity, a...

continued despite two failed Allied relief attempts: Operation Brevity (15–16 May) and Operation Battleaxe (15–17 June). The garrison repulsed several...

intelligence coup" was mishandled, encouraging the premature attack of Operation Brevity. In 1993, Harold Raugh wrote that the diversion of so many British...

which had been captured during Operation Brevity (15–16 May). Unternehmen Skorpion was the second offensive operation commanded by Rommel in Africa (apart...

to increase the pressure on Wavell to attack. Operation Brevity was quickly planned as a limited operation to seize Sollum, Halfaya Pass and Fort Capuzzo...

This is the order of battle for Operation Brevity, a World War II battle between the British Commonwealth and the European Axis Powers of Germany and...

list of American standardized brevity code words. The scope is limited to those brevity codes used in multiservice operations and does not include words...

Afrika Korps maintained a mobile position south and east of the port. Operation Brevity (15–16 May) was a limited offensive, to inflict attrition on Axis...

Tobruk. On 15 May 1941 the British XIII Corps launched Operation Brevity. The objective of the operation was to clear the Halfaya Pass and secure several footholds...

Tobruk fails 15 May: British troops launch Operation Brevity to gain more territory from which to launch Operation Battleaxe later in the year 16 May: Italian...

Army had been routed by the British Commonwealth Western Desert Force in Operation Compass (9 December 1940 – 9 February 1941) and captured at the Battle...

Ten-codes, officially known as ten signals, are brevity codes used to represent common phrases in voice communication, particularly by US public safety...

and followed Brevity up with a much larger-scale offensive, Operation Battleaxe intended to relieve the siege at Tobruk, but this operation also failed...

code, brevity codes and procedure words. Brevity codes are designed to convey complex information with a few words or codes. Specific brevity codes include:...

Wair, a location in the Libyan-Egyptian border region where parts of Operation Brevity took place, during the Second World War Thelma Mothershed-Wair (born...

British attempts to relieve Tobruk, Operation Brevity and Operation Battleaxe. On 18 November British forces began Operation Crusader with the objective of...

push back the Axis forces in North Africa. Operation Brevity failed as did Operation Battleaxe but Operation Crusader, the third and larger offensive was...

Battle of Halfaya Pass Operation Brevity May 15: Second Battle of Halfaya Pass May 15–16: Fifth Battle of Fort Capuzzo Operation Skorpion May 27: Third...

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

the fixed nets, such as rapid tuning of transmitters preparatory to operation, brevity, and speed of transmission, and avoidance of requests for repeat....

Broadway Brevities are two-reel (17–21 minutes long) musical and dramatic film shorts produced by Warner Bros. between 1931 and 1943. The series continued...

pass and relieve Tobruk followed. The first attempt, on 15 May, was Operation Brevity. Rommel counter-attacked; the British withdrew and by 27 May the Germans...

lost Libyan territory was regained during Operation Sonnenblume and by the conclusion of Operation Brevity, German and Italian forces were entering Egypt...

Dean Essig BCS 2 Brazen Chariots Operation Crusader, Siege of Tobruk, Operation Brevity, Operation Battleaxe, Operation Skorpion 2019 Jim Daniels BCS 3...

26 April, led the British columns to fall back. During Operation Brevity (15–16 May) an operation to capture the area between Sollum and the fort and inflict...

Operation Bigamy a.k.a. Operation Snowdrop was a raid during the Second World War by the Special Air Service in September 1942 under the command of Lieutenant...

direct assault. Following a failed counter-attack in Operation Brevity in May, Wavell launched Operation Battleaxe on 15 June; this attack was also defeated...

The first large-scale deployment was in support of Operation Brevity and later in support of Operation Battleaxe when Lt. Talbot – the squadron's highest...

Rommel's counterattack in April and the failure of an Allied offensive, Operation Brevity, in May. Anthony Eden had got Churchill and the British Cabinet’s...