Operation Battleaxe (15–17 June 1941) was a British Army offensive during the Second World War to raise the Siege of Tobruk and re-capture eastern Cyrenaica...

Armoured Division and 43 aircraft. On 28 May, planning began for Operation Battleaxe. During the evening of 26 May, Kampfgruppe von Herff under Oberst...

another British attack. The British continued with preparations for Operation Battleaxe (15–17 June) but it was another costly British failure that led to...

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

German troops recaptured the pass in Operation Skorpion. The British resumed preparations for Operation Battleaxe which began on 15 June. Data taken from...

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...

Operation Battleaxe (15–17 June 1941) was a British Army offensive during the Second World War to raise the Siege of Tobruk and re-capture eastern Cyrenaica...

Campaign (1940–1943) in North Africa, the British were preparing Operation Battleaxe to relieve the siege of Tobruk and were fighting the East African...

offensive, Operation Battleaxe intended to relieve the siege at Tobruk, but this operation also failed. Following the failure of Operation Battleaxe, Archibald...

Command—conceived Operation Brevity as a rapid blow in the Sollum area. Wavell intended to create advantageous conditions from which to launch Operation Battleaxe, the...