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- When
- 21 Jun 1942
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 32.08° N, 23.95° E
- War
- World War II
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
Axis capture of Tobruk
1942 battle during the Western Desert Campaign of World War II
The Axis capture of Tobruk, also known as the Fall of Tobruk and the Second Battle of Tobruk was part of the Western Desert campaign in Libya during the Second World War. The battle was fought by the Panzerarmee Afrika, a German–Italian military force in North Africa which included the Afrika Korps, against the British Eighth Army which comprised contingents from Britain, India, South Africa and other Allied nations.
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