Table of Data Points

Tag : Africa

1941-04-101941-11-27Siege of Tobruk

The siege began when Tobruk was attacked by an Italian-German force under Rommel and continued for 240 days. The besieged troops were relieved by the Eighth Army during Operation Crusader.

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1941-02-23HMS Terror

After being spotted by a recon Ju-88, 5 Ju-88s from Catania made dive bomb attacks on the HMS Terror. She sunk the following morning. Terror was, by displacement, the largest warship sunk in the Mediterranean by Ju-88s during the entire war.

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1941-02-12Rommel in Tripoli

Erwin Rommel, the 'Desert Fox' arrives in Tripoli. He would go on to transform the North-African campaign from a side show into a major theater of the war.

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1941-02-031941-04-01Keren

The colonial Italian army defending Eritrea was eventually defeated by the invading British and Commonwealth forces.

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1941-01-31Agordat

Four mark I tanks are decisive in the capture of the Italian strongpoint at Agordat. Some of the garrison escapes overnight but, 1000 troops and 43 guns are captured.

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1941-01-22Allies capture Tobruk

7th Armoured Division with Australian 19th Brigade capture Tobruk during Operation Compass.

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1941-01-19Sabdaret and Tessenei

British troops seize Sabdaret and Tessenei. Italian troops had withdrawn to dig in among the jagged foothills of the Eritrean Plateau on the approaches to Agordat.

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1941-01-18Italian East Africa

The start of a British general counter-offensive, the 4th and 5th Indian Infantry divisions advance into eastwards into Eritrea.

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1941-01-031941-01-05Bardia Taken

Australian 6th division (part of XIII Corps or The Western Desert Force) attack and take Bardia. 45,000 Italian prisoners are taken.

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1941-01-021941-01-04Bardia bombarded

Bardia, is bombed by British bombers and bombarded by naval vessels off shore.

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