• Thumbnail for Mersa Matruh
    Mersa Matruh (Arabic: مرسى مطروح), also transliterated as Marsa Matruh (Standard Arabic Marsā Maṭrūḥ, [ˈmæɾsæ mɑtˤˈɾuːħ]), is a port in Egypt and the capital...
    18 KB (1,079 words) - 23:33, 21 March 2024
  • Thumbnail for Battle of Mersa Matruh
    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...
    34 KB (4,355 words) - 11:54, 10 October 2023
  • Thumbnail for Marsa Matruh International Airport
    Marsa Matruh International Airport, formerly Mersa Matruh Airport (Arabic: مطار مرسى مطروح الدولي) (IATA: MUH, ICAO: HEMM), is an international airport...
    4 KB (197 words) - 13:41, 3 August 2023
  • Thumbnail for Matrouh Governorate
    Muḥāfaẓat Maṭrūḥ) is one of the governorates of Egypt. Located in the north-western part of the country, it borders Libya. Its capital is Mersa Matruh. The...
    9 KB (523 words) - 11:16, 20 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Western Desert campaign
    The 7th Armoured Division, less the 7th Armoured Brigade, assembled at Mersa Matruh and sent the 7th Support Group forward towards the frontier as a covering...
    96 KB (12,543 words) - 21:42, 21 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Second Battle of El Alamein
    of the Rahman track, preparatory to turning north to cut the road at Mersa Matruh. Both moves failed, the 7th Armoured Division finished the day 20 mi...
    108 KB (14,592 words) - 12:31, 31 March 2024
  • Thumbnail for First Battle of El Alamein
    retreated east from the Gazala line into north-western Egypt as far as Mersa Matruh, roughly 160 km (99 mi) inside the border. Ritchie had decided not to...
    67 KB (8,428 words) - 15:36, 31 March 2024
  • Thumbnail for 50th (Northumbrian) Infantry Division
    and a new defensive line was made south of Mersa Matruh in similar brigade boxes to those at Gazala. In Mersa Martuh itself was the 10th Indian Infantry...
    114 KB (13,778 words) - 13:13, 9 February 2024
  • museum dedicated to the memory of German field marshal Erwin Rommel in Mersa Matruh in Egypt. It opened in 1977 on the initiative of the Egyptian government...
    1 KB (182 words) - 05:14, 26 October 2022
  • Governorate in Egypt Matruh, Yemen The Mediterranean harbor and naval port of Mersa Matruh in the Matrouh Governorate This disambiguation page lists articles about...
    245 bytes (68 words) - 10:31, 29 November 2021