Action at Bir el Gubi (December 1941)
The Second Battle of Bir el Gubi was fought near Bir el Gubi, Libya, between 3 and 7 December 1941, between Italian (later reinforced by German) and Commonwealth forces. It followed the First Battle of Bir el Gubi a failed Allied attempt to capture Bir el Gubi two weeks' previous. Bir el Gubi was a tactical position whose fall would have allowed the Allies to outflank the German-Italian forces in Cyrenaica. The battle was part of Operation Crusader.
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Action at Bir el Gubi (December 1941)
The Second Battle of Bir el Gubi was fought near Bir el Gubi, Libya, between 3 and 7 December 1941, between Italian (later reinforced by German) and Commonwealth forces. It followed the First Battle of Bir el Gubi a failed Allied attempt to capture Bir el Gubi two weeks' previous. Bir el Gubi was a tactical position whose fall would have allowed the Allies to outflank the German-Italian forces in Cyrenaica. The battle was part of Operation Crusader.
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La seconda battaglia di Bir el ...... leate che difendevano Tobruch.
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The Second Battle of Bir el Gu ...... as part of Operation Crusader.
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250 wounded
300 killed
71 prisoners
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1941-12-07
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Italian victory
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-11th Indian Brigade around 3,000 men
-7th Armoured Division 14,964 men
136th "Giovani Fascisti" Regiment
2 tanks and 12 tankettes
22nd Guards Brigadearound 3,000 men
XXX British Corps
later reinforced by 3 armoured divisions
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Members of the "Giovani Fascisti" Division operating a Mod. 35 mortar in North Africa.
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Germany
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Andrew Anderson
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Ferdinando Tanucci
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Ludwig Crüwell
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Willoughby Norrie
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Second Battle of Bir el Gubi
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Operation Crusader during the Second World War
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Bir el Gubi, Italian Libya
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Italian victory
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later reinforced by 3 armoured divisions
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La seconda battaglia di Bir el ...... leate che difendevano Tobruch.
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The Second Battle of Bir el Gu ...... as part of Operation Crusader.
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Action at Bir el Gubi (December 1941)
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Seconda battaglia di Bir el Gobi
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Second Battle of Bir el Gubi
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