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2 unusual facts about Salum


Salum

Sallum or As Sallum, a harbour city in Egypt, near the border to Libya

Salum Air Base, a former Iraqi Air Force base in the Diyala Governorate of Iraq


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Middle East Theatre of World War II

Although ordered to simply hold the line, Rommel launched an offensive from El Agheila in March 1941 which, with the exception of Tobruk, managed to press the Allies beyond Salum on the Egyptian border, effectively putting both sides back at their approximate pre-war positions.


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