Battle of Knightsbridge

Battle of Gazala
Part of the Western Desert Campaign of World War II
Panzer III and Rommel's command vehicle in the western desert at the time of the Gazala battles.
Date 26 May – 21 June 1942 (25 days) Location Gazala, near Tobruk, Libya 32°08′43″N 23°21′27″E / 32.14528°N 23.35750°E / 32.14528; 23.35750Coordinates: 32°08′43″N 23°21′27″E / 32.14528°N 23.35750°E / 32.14528; 23.35750 Result Axis victory
Belligerents
Germany  Italy	United Kingdom British India South Africa  Free French
Commanders and leaders
Ettore Bastico Erwin Rommel	Claude Auchinleck Neil Ritchie
Strength
90,000 men (50,000 German, 40,000 Italian) 560 tanks (228 Italian) 542 aircraft	110,000 men 843 tanks 604 aircraft
Casualties and losses
German: 3,360 killed, wounded or captured Italian: fewer than the Germans ~400 tanks damaged or destroyed	50,000 killed, wounded or captured, incl. c. 32,000 prisoners at Tobruk 1,188 tanks damaged or destroyed

 United Kingdom

South Africa

The Battle of Gazala (near the modern town of Ayn al Ghazālah) was fought during the Western Desert Campaign of the Second World War, west of the port of Tobruk in Libya, from 26 May to 21 June 1942. Axis troops of the Panzerarmee Afrika (Generaloberst Erwin Rommel), consisted of German and Italian units. Allied forces (Commander-in-Chief Middle East, General Sir Claude Auchinleck), were mainly British, Indian, South African and Free French.

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