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Battle of Tobruk may refer to:

  • Battle of Tobruk (1911), an engagement in December 1911 during the Italo-Turkish War
  • Battle of Tobruk (1941), the capture of Tobruk by the Allies in January 1941
  • Siege of Tobruk, by the Axis from April to November 1941
  • Battle of Tobruk (1942), the fall of Tobruk to the Axis in June 1942
  • 1989 air battle near Tobruk, shootdown of two Libyan MIG-23s

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Battle of Tobruk

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Battle of Tobruk may refer to: Battle of Tobruk (1911), an engagement in December 1911 during the Italo-Turkish War Battle of Tobruk (1941), the capture...

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Axis capture of Tobruk

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The Axis capture of Tobruk, also known as the Fall of Tobruk and the Second Battle of Tobruk (17–21 June 1942) was part of the Western Desert campaign...

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Siege of Tobruk

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150km 100miles Port of Tobruk.    The Siege of Tobruk (/təˈbrʊk, toʊ-/) took place between 10 April and 27 November 1941, during the Western Desert campaign...

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British capture of Tobruk

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The British capture of Tobruk was a battle fought between 21 and 22 January 1941, as part of Operation Compass, the first offensive of the Western Desert...

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1989 air battle near Tobruk

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taking off from Bomba (Al Bumbah) airfield near Tobruk, and observed them heading north toward the battle group. The two F-14s from VF-32 were directed...

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Operation Crusader

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Egyptian–Libyan frontier, defeat the Axis armoured forces near Tobruk, raise the Siege of Tobruk and re-occupy Cyrenaica. On 18 November 1941, the Eighth Army...

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Tobruk

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is the capital of the Butnan District (formerly Tobruk District) and has a population of 120,000 (2011 est.). Tobruk was the site of an ancient Greek...

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List of North African campaign battles

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Siege of Giarabub Operation Compass continued January 3–5: First Battle of Bardia January 9–26: First Battle of Tobruk January 25: First Battle of Mechili...

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Western Desert campaign

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early 1942 Axis forces drove the Allies back again, then captured Tobruk after the Battle of Gazala but failed to destroy their opponents. The Axis invaded...

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Battle of Gazala

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The Battle of Gazala (near the village of Gazala) was fought during the Western Desert Campaign of the Second World War, west of the port of Tobruk in...

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Battle of Bir Hakeim

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The Battle of Bir Hakeim (Arabic pronunciation: [biʔr ħaˈkiːm] ) took place at Bir Hakeim, an oasis in the Libyan desert south and west of Tobruk, during...

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The Fall of Tobruk

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The Fall of Tobruk is a board wargame published by Conflict Games in 1975 that simulates the Second Battle of Tobruk during World War II. After the British...

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Battle of Stalingrad

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most of Europe, the U-boat offensive in the Atlantic was holding American support at bay, and in North Africa Erwin Rommel had just captured Tobruk.: 522 ...

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Leslie Morshead

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he led the Australian and British troops at the Siege of Tobruk (1941) and at the Second Battle of El Alamein, achieving decisive victories over Erwin Rommel's...

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Assault on Tobruk

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that simulates the North African Battle of Tobruk during World War II. Compass Games later reissued a new edition of the game. After the British under...

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Operation Battleaxe

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British Army offensive during the Second World War to raise the Siege of Tobruk and re-capture eastern Cyrenaica from German and Italian forces. It was...

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Blitzkrieg 2

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Great battles: Kursk Bulge in the Russian market.[8] Great Battles: Battle of Tobruk by the company Arise Games was one of various other spin-offs of which...

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Second Australian Imperial Force

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Major General Leslie Morshead and distinguished itself first at the Battle of Tobruk, where it became the first Allied unit to resist German Blitzkrieg...

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Enver Pasha

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was one of the most powerful figures of the government of the Ottoman Empire. He led a disastrous attack on Russian forces in the Battle of Sarikamish...

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HMAS Tobruk

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ships of the Royal Australian Navy have been named HMAS Tobruk, after the town of Tobruk in Libya and the siege fought there in 1941. HMAS Tobruk (D37)...

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Hellmut von Leipzig

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and personally guiding Leipzig around the mines. Leipzig fought in the "Battle of Berlin", became a POW in 1945 and spent 10 years in Soviet captivity....

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