What the records say
- When
- 25 Dec 1940 – 21 Mar 1941
- Kind
- Siege
- Coordinates
- 29.74° N, 24.52° E
- Description
- 1940 siege
- War
- World War II
Siege of Giarabub
Military engagement between Commonwealth and Italian forces during the Second World War
The siege of Giarabub in Libya, was an engagement between Commonwealth and Italian forces, during the Western Desert Campaign of the Second World War. In the aftermath of Operazione E, the invasion of Egypt by the Italian 10th Army (9–16 September 1940), Operation Compass (9–16 December) by the Western Desert Force (WDF), the Battle of Sidi Barrani and the pursuit of the 10th Army into Cyrenaica (16 December 1940 – 9…
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