Military operation
Open on the mapItalian bombing of Mandatory Palestine in World War II
9 Sep 1940 · 31.78° N, 35.22° E
What the records say
- When
- 9 Sep 1940
- Kind
- Military operation
- Deaths
- 137
- Coordinates
- 31.78° N, 35.22° E
- Description
- 1940 bombing campaign on British-controlled mandatory Palestine in World War Two by Fascist Italy
Italian bombing of Mandatory Palestine in World War II
The Italian bombing of Mandatory Palestine in World War II was part of an effort by the Royal Italian Air Force to strike at the United Kingdom by attacking those parts of the British Empire in the Middle East. The Luftwaffe and Vichy French Air Force also conducted attacks on Palestine.
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