Yaƙin Hamadar Yamma

Yaƙin Hamadar Yamma

30°50′00″N 28°57′00″E
Iri	military campaign (en)
Bangare na	North African campaign (en)
Kwanan watan	11 ga Yuni, 1940 –  4 ga Faburairu, 1943
Wuri	Western Desert (en)
Ƙasa	Misra
Has part(s) (en)
Italian invasion of Egypt (en) Battle of Gazala (en) Battle of Alam el Halfa (en)

Yakin Hamadar Yamma (Yakin Hamada) ya faru ne a cikin hamadar Masar da Libiya kuma shi ne babban gurin a yakin Arewacin Afirka na yakin duniya na biyu. Ayyukan sojojin sun fara ne a cikin watan Yunin 1940 tare da ayyana yaki da Italiyanci da kuma mamayar da Italiya ta yi wa Masar daga Libya a watan Satumba.

Tushe

Libya Cyrenaica (Libya) ta kasance kasar mulkin mallaka ta Italiya tun lokacin Yaƙin Italo-Turkiyya a shekarar 1911-1912. Tare da Tunisiya, wani yanki na Arewacin Afirka ta Faransa, zuwa yamma, da Masar a gabas, Italiyanci sun shirya don kare dukkanin bangarorin biyu ta wata hedikwatar koli ta Arewacin Afirka, a karkashin jagorancin Janar Janar na Italiyanci Libya, Marshal na Sojan Sama. , Italo Balbo.

Jagoranci

Terrain an gwabza yakin ne a yankin da aka fi sani da Hamada ta Yamma, mai nisan mil 240 (kilomita 390), daga Mersa Matruh a Masar zuwa Gazala a gabar tekun Libya, tare da Litoranea Balbo (Via Balbia), hanya daya tilo. Tekun Yashi, mai nisan mil 150 (kilomita 240) a cikin ƙasa, ya yi alamar iyakar kudu da hamada a mafi faɗin wurarensa a Giarabub da Siwa. A cikin harshen Burtaniya, kalmar "Hamada ta Yamma" ta yi amfani da hamadar Masar a yammacin kogin Nilu amma ta zo ne don kwatanta duk yankin da ake fama da rikici, ciki har da gabashin Cyrenaica a Libya.