Editing Fort Capuzzo (section)

===1942===
[[File:Ridotta Capuzzo 3.jpg|thumb|{{centre|The main gate of Fort Capuzzo late in the campaign.}}]]
Axis forces recaptured the fort around 22 June 1942, after the [[Battle of Gazala]] (26 May – 21 June 1942) capturing {{convert|500|LT|t|abbr=on}} of fuel and {{convert|930|LT|t|abbr=on}} of foodstuffs, despite demolitions since the British withdrawal from Gazala has begun on 14 June.{{sfn|Playfair|Flynn|Molony|Gleave|2004c|pp=48, 281}} After the [[Second Battle of El Alamein]] (23 October – 11 November 1942) Fort Capuzzo changed hands for the last time. German rearguards retired from Sidi Barrani on 9 November; next day, the [[22nd Armoured Brigade (United Kingdom)|22nd Armoured Brigade]] advanced on Fort Capuzzo from the south and by 11 November, the last Axis troops had withdrawn from the frontier, despite orders to hold the area from Halfaya to Sollum and Sidi Omar.{{sfn|Playfair|Flynn|Molony|Gleave|2004d|pp=93–95}}