Table of Data Points

Tag : Land

1941-04-101941-11-27Siege 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.

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1941-04-061941-04-29Operation Marita

German invasion of Bulgaria and Greece sweeping German victory over Greek and Allied forces in 24 days completed with the fall of Kalamata

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1941-04-061941-04-17Invasion of Yugoslavia

Attacking from Italy, Hungary, Bulgaria and Romania, Axis troops sweep into Yugoslavia and overwhelm the defending Royal Yugoslav Army which surrendered unconditionally. Yugoslavia was subsequently divided amongst Germany, and it's allies.

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1941-04-051941-04-06Addis Ababa

Italian held Addis Ababa surrendered to British and Ethiopian forces

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1941-03-08Greek-Italian Stalemate

Greek counter-offensive into Albania stalls and enters a stalemate.

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1941-03-04Operation Claymore

A combined British Commando, Norwegian and Royal Engineers force raid the Lofoten Islands in Norway. They successfully destroy fish oil factories and some 3,600 tonnes of oil and glycerine, 18,000 tons of shipping are also sunk.

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1941-02-12Rommel 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.

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1941-02-031941-04-01Keren

The colonial Italian army defending Eritrea was eventually defeated by the invading British and Commonwealth forces.

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1941-01-31Agordat

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.

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1941-01-22Allies capture Tobruk

7th Armoured Division with Australian 19th Brigade capture Tobruk during Operation Compass.

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