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 | 1941-04-10 | 1941-11-27 | Siege of Tobruk | The siege began when Tobruk was attacked by an Italian-German force under Rommel and continued for 240 days. The besieged troops were relieved by the Eighth Army during Operation Crusader. | Read about 'Siege of Tobruk' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Siege of Tobruk' |
| 1941-02-23 | HMS Terror | After being spotted by a recon Ju-88, 5 Ju-88s from Catania made dive bomb attacks on the HMS Terror. She sunk the following morning. Terror was, by displacement, the largest warship sunk in the Mediterranean by Ju-88s during the entire war. | Read about 'HMS Terror' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'HMS Terror' | |
| 1941-02-12 | Rommel in Tripoli | Erwin Rommel, the 'Desert Fox' arrives in Tripoli. He would go on to transform the North-African campaign from a side show into a major theater of the war. | Read about 'Rommel in Tripoli' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Rommel in Tripoli' | |
| 1941-02-03 | 1941-04-01 | Keren | The colonial Italian army defending Eritrea was eventually defeated by the invading British and Commonwealth forces. | Read about 'Keren' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Keren' |
| 1941-01-31 | Agordat | Four mark I tanks are decisive in the capture of the Italian strongpoint at Agordat. Some of the garrison escapes overnight but, 1000 troops and 43 guns are captured. | Read about 'Agordat ' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Agordat ' | |
| 1941-01-22 | Allies capture Tobruk | 7th Armoured Division with Australian 19th Brigade capture Tobruk during Operation Compass. | Read about 'Allies capture Tobruk' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Allies capture Tobruk' | |
| 1941-01-19 | Sabdaret and Tessenei | British troops seize Sabdaret and Tessenei. Italian troops had withdrawn to dig in among the jagged foothills of the Eritrean Plateau on the approaches to Agordat. | Read about 'Sabdaret and Tessenei' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Sabdaret and Tessenei' | |
| 1941-01-18 | Italian East Africa | The start of a British general counter-offensive, the 4th and 5th Indian Infantry divisions advance into eastwards into Eritrea. | Read about 'Italian East Africa' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Italian East Africa' | |
| 1941-01-03 | 1941-01-05 | Bardia Taken | Australian 6th division (part of XIII Corps or The Western Desert Force) attack and take Bardia. 45,000 Italian prisoners are taken. | Read about 'Bardia Taken' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Bardia Taken' |
| 1941-01-02 | 1941-01-04 | Bardia bombarded | Bardia, is bombed by British bombers and bombarded by naval vessels off shore. | Read about 'Bardia bombarded' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Bardia bombarded' |
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