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Destruction of Littorio

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

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1942Date range
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Chronological records

1942

Gervasio Bitossi4 November 1942

El Alamein · Warfare / World War, 2nd

Littorio suffers catastrophic losses during the British breakthrough and ceases to function as an effective armoured division.

Names involved

Gervasio Bitossi

Provenance

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