SM.82s similar to those used in the Italian raid on Bahrain
Date
19 October 1940
Location
Bahrain and Dhahran, Saudi Arabia
Result
Italian Victory
Belligerents
Italy
United Kingdom Saudi Arabia Bahrain
Commanders and leaders
Ettore Muti
Charles Geoffrey Prior Hamad ibn Isa Al Khalifa Ibn Saud
Strength
4 Savoia-Marchetti SM.82.
airplane
Casualties and losses
None
Damage to Bahrain oil facilities Dhahran slightly damaged
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Mediterranean and Middle East Theatre
Adriatic
North Africa
East Africa
Mediterranean Sea
Gibraltar
Malta
Bahrain
Balkans
Yugoslavia
Iraq
Syria–Lebanon
Palestine
Iran
Sicily
Italian mainland
Dodecanese
Corsica
Dragoon
Alpes-Maritimes
The bombing of Bahrain in World War II was part of an effort by the Italian Royal Air Force (Regia Aeronautica) to strike at the British interests wherever possible in the Middle East.[1] While the mission caused little damage, it was successful in forcing the diversion of already-limited Allied resources to an obscure theater originally thought to be safe.
^"Missione Bahrein". Archived from the original on 2 August 2016. Retrieved 31 May 2016.
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