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Tobruk Reoccupied during Pursuit

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

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1942

Bernard Law Montgomery Alamein, 1st13 November 1942

Tobruk · Warfare / World War, 2nd

Eighth Army re-enters Tobruk while the Axis retreat continues westward.

Names involved

Bernard Law Montgomery Alamein, 1st

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