Libya

Libya (Tamazight: ⵍⵉⴱⵢⴰ, Arabic: ليبيا, romanized: Lībiyā), officially the State of Libya (Arabic: دولة ليبيا, romanized: Dawlat Lībiyā), is a country in the Maghreb region in North Africa. It is bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Egypt to the east, Sudan to the southeast, Chad to the south, Niger to the southwest, Algeria to the west, and Tunisia to the northwest. Libya is made of three historical regions: Tripolitania, Fezzan, and Cyrenaica.

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The National Archives · 1 January 1942 English

(i) TMIMI MEKILI area. Personnel. Tanks. Light Med. and (over 9 Tanks. Field Guns. tons) German 15,400 109 20 112 Italian 12,000 44 25 102 (ii) AGHEILA-BENGHAZI area. Italian 6,000* …

JOINT INTELLIGENCE SUB-COMMITTEE. AXIS STRENGTH IN LIBYA AND POSSIBLE REINFORCEMENTS• Note by the Secretary JOINT INTELLIGENCE SUB-COMMITTEE. AXIS STRENGTH IN LIBYA AND POSSIBLE REINFORCEMENTS'. Report by the Joint The following enemy forces "wi'tpr to be now in Libya: - (a) in the area TMIMI-MEKILI. Six divisions approximately as follows G.A.F. I.A.F Based in LIBYA 200 320 it " SICILY and SARDINIA 350 315 tank battalions of this division are intended for LIBYA (as was the c.'ise with the ARIETE armoured division)


The National Archives · 1 October 1941 English

ANNEX. 1. PORT CAPACITY. If sufficient shipping could reach the unloading ports to enable them to be used to their maximum capacity and the necessary forces could be made available …

SUE-COMMITTEE. POSSIBILITY OF NEW AXIS OFFENSIVES Dj LIBYA._ Report by the Joint Intellicrenqe Sub-Comnittee on the possibility of new enemy offensives In Libya is embodied in the Annex. Our conclusions are as


The National Archives · 20 February 1941 English

NORTH AFRICA: SUPPLIES TO LIBYA. 2. Numerous reports indicate a regular flow of supplies, food and lorries in the main and quantities of small arms and ammunition from F.N.A. to Libya. Goods railed to Tunis to the metre gauge railway to Gabez at the rate of one train a day. From Gabez goods are sent into Libya by lorry convoy.

prepared up to 4.0 p.m. 27th November, 1941. LIBYA. The A;cis Air Forces. 1. Heavy rain and floods our The following reinforcements have reached Libya since offensive started:- (a) German: About 25 to Cyrenaica. FRENCH NORTH AFRICA.; SUPPLIES TO LIBYA.. 2. Numerous reports indicate a regular flow quantities of small aims and ammunition from F.N.A. to Libya. Goods railed to Tunis, the end of the standard one train a day. From Gabez goods are sent into Libya by lorry convoy. There is no confirmation that


The National Archives · 20 February 1941 English

were reported South of the HEBRIDES and WEST OF IRELAND. ITALY. LIBYA. 6. The total of white and native Italian prisoners taken in LIBYA alone is now 133,000, S.T.P.3.3.41. -2-.

IRELAND. ITALY. LIBYA. 6, The total of white and native Italian prisoners taken in LIBYA alone is now


The National Archives · 1 November 1942 English

air to Aouina (near Tunis) and Bizerta. To Libya. A. By Sea 8. Tripoli is now being used as the main port for supplies to Rommel. Shipping destined for Libya is, for the most part, routed via the Sicilian

( n e a r T u n i s ) and B i z e r t a . To Libya. Ll By Sea 8, T r i p o l i i s now b e i n


The National Archives · 1 January 1942 English

the enemy in his efforts to remedy the situation in Libya. It is a naval base and an air base from which successful raids on Italy, Sicily and Libya and sea communications are made. It is an important

enemy in his efforts to remedy the situation in Libya, It is a naval base and an air base from which which successful raids on Italy, Sicily and Libya and sea communications are made. It is an important link suffered heavy losses in transport aircraft in Libya and we do not believe that, so long as the Libyan


The National Archives · 1 January 1942 English

antiaircraft/anti40 40 tank guns ø It is not known whether this figure includes 17 medium tanks which arrived in Libya in the middle of December, 1941. (b) Further west, in Tripolitania, 22,000 frontier guards and native fighting value, and 24 German 8.8 cm. anti-aircraft/anti-tank guns. 3. The present enemy air forces in Libya total 536 aircraft, including 216 German.

figure includes 17 medium tanks which arrived in Libya in the middle of December, 1941. Italian. Total ank guns. 3. The present enemy air forces in Libya total 536 aircraft, including 216 German. The are also 200 transport aircraft available for Libya, the serviceability of which is net over 30fj, immediate shortage of fuel for the enemy forces in Libya and supplies of all other kinds to maintain the preparation for a large reinforcement f the forces in Libya, and there are, so far as we kno>w, no German armoured


The National Archives · 8 January 1943 English

Tarhuna-Homs position, on January 5; of the Allied order of battle in Libya and Tunisia, on January 6; of French attacks in south Libya and French units' locations in Tunisia, on January 5; from the German

SITUATION REPORT WEST NO. 818 OF 6/1. EXTRACT. (I) LIBYA: ON 5/1 NC OPERATIONS WORTH MENTIONING TOOK PLACE UARTERS AT SI II ANA. PARA 2, ON 6TH. FI iSTLY LIBYA. HEADQUARTERS 30 CORPS SIRTE. HEAD- QUARTERS 13


The National Archives · 1 January 1942 English

16 anti-tank guns. Further details are given in the Appendix. 3. The present enemy air forces in Libya total 536 aircraft, including 216 German. The serviceability of these aircraft is estimated at 50% German, and 60% 65% in the case of the Italian. There are also 200 transport aircraft available for Libya, the serviceability of which is not over 30%.

Appendix, 3. The present enemy air forces in Libya total 536 aircraft, including 216 German. The are also 200 transport aircraft available for Libya, the serviceability of which is not over 30£l. shortage of fuel, therefore, for enemy forces in Libya although there is a shortage of mechanical transport- preparation for large reinforcement of forces in Libya and there are no German armoured or motorised divisions Conclusions. 8. The enemy forces at present in Libya are estimated at 93,000 men, 60 tanks, 266 guns


The National Archives · 30 April 1942 English

Africa are 26% below full strength, on April 24; a daily report on serviceable tank strengths in Libya, for April 22; that operations on the Eastern Front are causing the Germans difficulties in providing 22; on a German appreciation of British tank usage in Libya, on April 24; on German intelligence appreciations of the British order of battle in Libya and Syria, on April 24; on the useability of sea-plane

ATO. CX/HSS/935/T30. Axis Tank Strength in LIBYA. TO 1% K E P T UNDER LOCK AND KEY: NEVER TO BE Appreciation by GERMANS of BRITISH Tank Tactics in LIBYA. CX/MSS/935/T20. ITALY AND AFRICA MILITARY OPERATIONS German appreciations of BRITISH Order of Battle in LIBYA and SYRIA. c Vies/935/no. KIDDLE EAST. MILITARY


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