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 | 1942-06-21 | Fort Lenin falls | The 24th Infantry division attacked the main defensive position on the north side of the bay, the Lenin fort. The extensive defensive position fell having lost three of their four main 76mm guns. | Read about 'Fort Lenin falls' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Fort Lenin falls' | |
| 1942-05-26 | 1942-06-21 | Gazala | Despite Rommel's resounding tactical defeat of the British 8th Army, Axis armour losses were irreplaceable. Rommel was not able to take advantage of this success. | Read about 'Gazala' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Gazala' |
| 1942-05-26 | 1942-06-11 | Bir Hakeim | Free French forces resist the Axis advance for 16 days, giving the retreating British Eighth Army enough time to reorganize, allowing them subsequently to halt the Axis advance at the First Battle of El Alamein. | Read about 'Bir Hakeim' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Bir Hakeim' |
| 1942-03-22 | Second Battle of Sirte | A Italian force led by a battleship and two heavy cruisers fails to destroy a British convoy, but delays the ships enough to leave them exposed to subsequent air attacks, during which 80% of the convoy's supplies are lost. | Read about 'Second Battle of Sirte' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Second Battle of Sirte' | |
| 1941-12-13 | Cape Bon | Four Royal Navy destroyers using Radar and cover of darkness, surprise two Italian cruisers. In a brief, furious encounter both cruisers are sunk by close range torpedo and shell fire. | Read about 'Cape Bon' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Cape Bon' | |
| 1941-11-08 | 1941-11-09 | Duisburg Convoy | The Italian convoy "Duisburg", named after the German steamer, was destroyed by the Royal Navy's Force K with no loss and almost no damage. | Read about 'Duisburg Convoy' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Duisburg Convoy' |
| 1941-10-30 | 1942-07-04 | Siege of Sevastopol | Despite numerous setbacks and high casualties, with the help of highly effective aerial bombardment (to make up for a shortage in artillery), Axis forces capture the port city. | Read about 'Siege of Sevastopol' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Siege of Sevastopol' |
 | 1941-05-20 | 1941-05-30 | Operation Mercury | The Battle of Crete was a battle during World War II on the Greek island of Crete. The battle began on the morning of 20 May, 1941, when Nazi Germany launched an airborne invasion of Crete under the code-name Unternehmen Merkur ("Operation Mercury"). | Read about 'Operation Mercury' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Operation Mercury' |
 | 1941-05-15 | 1941-05-16 | Operation Brevity | British counter-attack in Egypt | Read about 'Operation Brevity' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Operation Brevity' |
| 1941-05-02 | 1941-05-31 | Anglo-Iraqi War | Conflict between the United Kingdom and the nationalist government of Iraq during World War II. | Read about 'Anglo-Iraqi War' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Anglo-Iraqi War' |
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