Gazala

E587128

populated place settlement village

Gazala is a coastal village in northeastern Libya that was a key battleground during the North African campaign of World War II.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Gazala line	1

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	populated place ⓘ settlement ⓘ village ⓘ
associatedWith	Allied forces in North Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ Axis forces in North Africa ⓘ
climate	Mediterranean climate ⓘ
continent	Africa ⓘ
country	Libya ⓘ
governingCountryDuringWWII	Kingdom of Italy NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasFeature	coastal location ⓘ
hasHistoricalSignificance	site of major tank battles in 1942 ⓘ
hasLanguage	Arabic ⓘ
hasNameVariant	Ain el Gazala NERFINISHED ⓘ Ain el-Gazala NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalEvent	Battle of Gazala NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedEastOf	Derna NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn	North Africa ⓘ northeastern Libya ⓘ
locatedOn	Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
locatedWestOf	Tobruk NERFINISHED ⓘ
majorNearbyCity	Tobruk NERFINISHED ⓘ
nearbyInfrastructure	Via Balbia coastal highway NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Butnan District NERFINISHED ⓘ
region	Cyrenaica NERFINISHED ⓘ
strategicImportance	control of coastal road between Tobruk and Benghazi ⓘ
timeZone	Eastern European Time ⓘ UTC+02:00 ⓘ
usedFor	military operations during World War II ⓘ
wasBattlegroundIn	North African campaign NERFINISHED ⓘ World War II NERFINISHED ⓘ

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Bir Hakeim → front → Gazala ⓘ

subject surface form: Battle of Bir Hakeim

this entity surface form: Gazala line

Bir Hakeim → near → Gazala ⓘ