7 February 1941
Battle of Western Desert
Operation Compass ends with the destruction of much of the Italian Tenth Army after a British advance of several hundred miles.
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Browse historical events and people recorded at Cyrenaica in Italy. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.
Operation Compass ends with the destruction of much of the Italian Tenth Army after a British advance of several hundred miles.
The British Operation Compass campaign destroys much of the Italian Tenth Army and forces the loss of Cyrenaica.
Bastico oversees Italian forces as the Axis counteroffensive begins from the El Agheila area toward Cyrenaica.
Bastico again has formal authority over Italian forces retreating from Egypt as the Axis withdraws across Libya.
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