Frontier Wire (Libya)
- Frontier Wire (Libya)
The Frontier Wire was 271 kilometer obstacle in
Libya , near the border ofEgypt , running from El Ramleh (located in the Gulf of Sollum between Bardia andSollum ) down toAl-Jaghbub ."Fallen Eagles: The Italian 10th Army in the opening campaign in the Western Desert, June 1940 - December 1940", pg. 14] It was built by Italian forces, under the command ofGeneral Rodolfo Graziani , in the winter of 1931/1932Time Magazine: "Peace in Libya"] due the Italian's struggle withOmar Mukhtar 'sSenussi resistors. The purpose of the wire was to hinder the resistances movement of men and materials with Egypt, as they were supplied by British forces in that region.The obstacle itself was four lines of 1.7 meter high stakes laced with
barbed wire in-between."28 (Maori) Battalion", pg. 142] It was patrolled by Italian forces and had nine outposts along its length; the three larger forts were located at Amseat, Scegga, andAl-Jaghbub , the smaller ones were at El Ramleh, Sidi Omar, Sceferzen, Vescechet, Garn ul Grein, and El Aamara.ee also
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External links
* [http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,743097,00.html Time Magazine: Peace in Libya (Feb. 08, 1932)]
* [http://cgsc.cdmhost.com/cgi-bin/showfile.exe?CISOROOT=/p4013coll2&CISOPTR=597&filename=591.pdf Fallen Eagles: The Italian 10th Army in the opening campaign in the Western Desert, June 1940 - December 1940]
* [http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/tei-WH2Maor-c6.html 28 (Maori) Battalion: CHAPTER 6 — Sollum and Gazala]
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