First Battle of Bir el Gubi

Name: First Battle of Bir el Gubi
Start: 1941

1941 CE.

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The Action at Bir el Gubi (November 1941) (First Battle of Bir el Gubi Italian: prima battaglia di Bir el Gobi, Arabic: بئر الغبي, romanized: Biʾr al-Ġubbiyy, lit. 'Well of the Depressed Terrain') took place on 19 November 1941 near Biʾr al-Ġubbiyy, Libya. The action was one of the opening engagements of Operation Crusader in North Africa and was a success for the Italian armoured forces.

Text from the Wikipedia article Action at Bir el Gubi (November 1941), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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