Battle of Sirte may refer to military events, either in the Gulf of Sidra or in the Libyan city of Sirte located on its shore.
during the Battle of the Mediterranean of World War II:
First Battle of Sirte, fought on 17 December 1941
Second Battle of Sirte, fought on 22 March 1942
as part of Libya–United States relations during Cold War
Gulf of Sidra incident (1981)
during Libyan Civil War of 2011 (fall of Muammar Gaddafi)
Second Gulf of Sidra offensive, fought from 22 August to 20 October 2011 during the Libyan civil war
Battle of Sirte (2011), fought from 15 September to 20 October 2011 during the Libyan civil war
during Second Libyan Civil War
Battle of Sirte (2015), fall of Sirte to ISIL
Battle of Sirte (2016), Government of National Accord effort to liberate Sirte from ISIL
Battle of Sirte (2020), the Libyan National Army captured Sirte from the Government of National Accord
Topics referred to by the same term
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Sirte (/ˈsɜːrt/; Arabic: سِرْت, pronunciation), also spelled Sirt, Surt, Sert or Syrte, is a city in Libya. It is located south of the Gulf ofSirte, between...
First BattleofSirte was fought between forces of the British Mediterranean Fleet and the Regia Marina (Italian Royal Navy) during the Battleof the Mediterranean...
The Second BattleofSirte (on 22 March 1942) was a naval engagement in the Mediterranean Sea, north of the Gulf of Sidra and south-east of Malta, during...
loyalists due to the swift rebel advance into the capital. In the 2011 BattleofSirte, the Misrata Brigade, aligned with the National Transitional Council...
The killing of Muammar Gaddafi took place on 20 October 2011 after the BattleofSirte. Muammar Gaddafi, the deposed leader of Libya, was captured by NTC...
Gulf of Sidra (Arabic: خليج السدرة, romanized: Khalij as-Sidra, also known as the Gulf ofSirte (Arabic: خليج سرت, romanized: Khalij Surt, is a body of water...
during the BattleofSirte by anti-Gaddafi forces, and killed along with his father. In April 2009, Mutassim Gaddafi met U.S. Secretary of State Hillary...
starving it of its own supplies. After a series of hard-fought convoy battles, all of them are Axis victories (such as the Second BattleofSirte in March...
back ISIS stronghold". CNN. Retrieved 6 July 2016. "Libyan forces seize Sirte port from ISIL as terror group under siege in city center – World Tribune:...
to North Africa and participated in the Battleof Cape Spartivento in late 1940 and the First BattleofSirte in late 1941. She was designated as a training...
First BattleofSirte (16 December 1941) and the Second BattleofSirte (22 March 1942) the forces under his command clashed with the escorts of British...
Second BattleofSirte in March 1942, where she damaged several British warships. Littorio was renamed Italia in July 1943 after the fall of the Fascist...
she again led the destroyers at the Second BattleofSirte. On the night of 1/2 June, an Italian convoy of two supply ships escorted by a destroyer and...
the Battleof Calabria on 9 July 1940, took part in the Battleof Cape Spartivento, 27 November 1940, was involved in the First BattleofSirte, 17 December...
the commander of the 3rd Cruiser Division, between December 1941 and August 1942 Parona participated in the First and Second BattleofSirte, where his division...
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