BIR HAKEIM 25 YEARS. 2 FDC, P/CARD, S/LEAF. 1967 FRANCE Price: $29.00
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I am pleased to offer to your attention a lot including two FDC + card + Souvenir leaf devoted to 25th anniversary of the Battle of Bi - Hakeim. Very good condition. Bid now!!!
Bir Hakeim is a remote oasis in the Libyan Desert, and the former site of a Turkish fort. Bir Hakeim took up a pivotal position at the southern end of the British Gazala Line, which had been established west of Tobruk in Libya. It is made it of critical importance to Rommel when he advanced eastwards to take Tobruk. During the Battle of Gazala the First Free French Division of General Marie Pierre Koenig defended the site from 26 May to 11 June 1942 against attacking German and Italian forces directed by General Erwin Rommel. Resisting for 16 days, the Free French gave the retreating British Eighth Army enough time to reorganize, allowing them subsequently to halt the Axis advance at the First Battle of El Alamein. Though heavily attacked, and eventually surrounded, the French, supported by the Western Desert Air Force, refused to surrender until, on the night of 10/11 June 1942, they were ordered to withdraw. Out of a total of 3,600 who had fought off the first attack 2,700 made their way to safety. Bir Hakeim did much to establish the Free French as a fighting force.
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