What the records say
- When
- 22 Jan 1943 – 23 Jan 1943
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 32.89° N, 13.19° E
- Description
- Allied victory in North Africa during WWII
Placed at the town its title names, Tripoli.
Battle of Tripoli (1943)
Allied victory in North Africa during WWII
The Battle of Tripoli was an engagement on between the German-Italian Panzer Army commanded by Erwin Rommel of Nazi Germany and Ettore Bastico of Kingdom of Italy, who held the town, and the British 8th Army, a Commonwealth force commanded by Sir Bernard Montgomery. After a short siege, the Italian and German forces withdrew from Tripoli, and the Allies entered the town to great worldwide fanfare.
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