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as well as the Pass were left behind, a temporary thorn in the Allies side. Isolated after the fall of Bardia on 2 January 1942, besieged by Commonwealth forces, cut off from supplies, and bombarded from the air and the sea, Bach and de Giorgis finally surrendered the Halfaya garrison of 4,200
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opened on 18 November, with an attack on Sidi Omar to the west of the pass and an attempt to outflank Rommel to the south and relieve Tobruk. This was achieved on 29 November. Rommel, now under pressure, on 7 December withdrew to
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extends south then southeastwards for a total of 55 kilometres (34 mi) from a short distance east of the border. It hems in east-facing small harbour town of
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earned his Military Cross. Supply shortages obliged the Germans to curtail their advance, so they dug in and fortified their positions at Halfaya with
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for the defense he conducted. A British tank commander was last heard on the radio reporting, "They are tearing my tanks apart."
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and 7.5 kilometres south of the other, more major pass in the ridge today. A 600 feet (180 m) high, narrow
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in the escarpment for the east-west land route. It made for the southern Mediterranean coastal road useful to
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The pass is centred 1.6 miles (2.6 km) inland from the closest part of the shore. It makes for a subtle
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cliff further north. Land to the east is lower than that to the west and the east side has steep slopes.
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Among veterans of Allied forces from 15 June 1941 and thereafter it was nicknamed
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on 15 June. German armour was deployed to draw the British tanks (
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The pass was scene of the accidental death of Major-General
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The pass and its according battles play a role in the
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Italians of the 55th Savona and 2,100 Germans, to the
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31°30′N 25°11′E / 31.500°N 25.183°E / 31.500; 25.183
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[ma.marrħal.fæyaː]

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