Operation Skorpion (Unternehmen Skorpion) from 26 to 27 May 1941, was a military operation during the Western Desert Campaign of the Second World War....
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The Škorpion vz. 61 (or Sa vz. 61 Skorpion) is a Czechoslovak machine pistol developed in 1959 by Miroslav Rybář (1924–1970) and produced under the official...
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highlighted to Rommel, and 11 days later it was recaptured during Operation Skorpion, a German counter-attack. In early September 1940, the Italian 10th...
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The operation ended on 17 May, with only the Halfaya Pass captured. The pass was retaken by a small German force on 27 May, in Operation Skorpion. By...
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May, German troops recaptured the pass in Operation Skorpion. The British resumed preparations for Operation Battleaxe which began on 15 June. Data taken...
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Siege of Tobruk (redirect from Operation Supercharge (1941))
and Sollum, left all but Halfaya Pass in German hands. On 26 May, Operation Skorpion, a German attack on the pass, succeeded and the Allies were ejected...
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Army had been routed by the British Commonwealth Western Desert Force in Operation Compass (9 December 1940 – 9 February 1941) and captured at the Battle...
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The PZL-230 Skorpion (scorpion) was a proposed Polish low-cost attack aircraft. It was being developed by Polish manufacturer PZL Warszawa-Okecie in the...
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Pass, captured the previous day 26 May: German forces launch Operation Skorpion and move up to Halfaya Pass 27 May: German forces recapture Halfaya Pass;...
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List of World War II battles (redirect from Raiding_operations_during_World_War_II)
engagements as well as campaigns, operations, defensive lines and sieges. Campaigns generally refer to broader strategic operations conducted over a large bit...
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