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Capture of Sidi Barrani

Great Britain · Warfare / World War, 2nd. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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Chronological records

1940

Henry Maitland Wilson Wilson, 1stSeptember 1940

Sidi Barrani · Warfare / World War, 2nd

The Italian forces invade Egypt in September 1940, and advance some 60 miles (97 km) to occupy Sidi Barrani

Names involved

Henry Maitland Wilson Wilson, 1st

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