What the records say
- When
- 3 Jan 1941 – 5 Jan 1941
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 31.76° N, 25.09° E
- Description
- 1941 battle of World War II
- War
- World War II
Battle of Bardia
1941 World War II battle in Libya
The Battle of Bardia was fought between 3 and 5 January 1941, as part of Operation Compass, the first British military operation of the Western Desert campaign of the Second World War. It was the first battle of the war in which an Australian Army formation took part, the first to be commanded by an Australian general and the first to be planned by an Australian staff.
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