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    The Battle of Beda Fomm took place following the rapid British advance during Operation Compass (9 December 1940 – 9 February 1941). The Italian 10th...
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  • Beda Fomm is a small coastal town in southwestern Cyrenaica, Libya. It is located between the much larger port city Benghazi to its north-west and the...
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    towards Tripolitania and defeated at the Battle of Beda Fomm, the remnants being pursued to El Agheila on the Gulf of Sirte. The British took over 138,000...
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  • Designer's Workshop (GDW) in 1979 that simulates the Battle of Beda Fomm during World War II. The game was part of GDW's "120 System", games that contained 120...
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    after the Italian surrender at Beda Fomm, the Defence Committee in London ordered Cyrenaica held with the minimum of forces and all spare troops sent...
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    Annibale Bergonzoli (category Italian military personnel of the Italo-Turkish War)
    II. In 1940 he commanded the defences of Bardia, Libya. In February 1941, after the disastrous Battle of Beda Fomm, Bergonzoli surrendered to Australian...
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    Babini Group (category Military units and formations of Italy in World War II)
    Jebel Akhdar towards the port of Benghazi. The Babini Group was destroyed south of the port at the Battle of Beda Fomm (6–7 February), when the Litoranea...
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  • 10th Army (Italy) (category Field armies of Italy in World War I)
    fortified places like Bardia and Tobruk. At the Battle of Beda Fomm (6–7 February 1941), most of the remainder of the retreating 10th Army was isolated by Combeforce...
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    Combeforce (category Military units and formations of the British Army in World War II)
    of the Battle of Beda Fomm. Bedale: Blaisdon. ISBN 978-1-902838-01-4. Bierwirth, J. G. (1994). Beda Fomm: An Operational Analysis (MAAS). School of Advanced...
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  • of Kufra: January–March 1941 Battle of Beda Fomm: February 1941 Operation Sonnenblume: February–May 1941 Siege of Tobruk: April–November 1941 Bardia raid:...
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    the Battle of Beda Fomm. After the fall of Bardia (5 January 1941) and Tobruk (22 January), Middle Eastern Command tried to destroy the remainder of the...
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  • January 24–26: Battle of Derna February 5: Fall of Benghazi February 5–7: Battle of Beda Fomm Operation Sunflower March 21–23: Battle of the Oasis March...
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    Army between Sollum and at the Battle of Beda Fomm, south of the port of Benghazi. Cyrenaica, the eastern province of Libya had been an Italian colony...
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    Afrika Korps (category Corps of Germany in World War II)
    February 1941) and captured at the Battle of Beda Fomm. The German blocking force, commanded by Rommel, at first consisted of a force based only on Panzer Regiment...
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    blocked the road at Beda Fomm. The Italians attempted to break out on 6–7 February during the Battle of Beda Fomm and Tellera rode into battle in a M13/40 tank...
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    M11/39 tank (category World War II tanks of Italy)
    Operation Compass, with the last remnants extinguished during the Battle of Beda Fomm. In Libya 72 × M11/39s were used in the North African Campaign, 24...
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    Operation Sonnenblume (category Land battles and operations of World War II involving the United Kingdom)
    of the 10th Army at the Battle of Beda Fomm. The WDF then chased the remnants of the 10th Army to El Agheila on the Gulf of Sidra. The British captured...
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    32nd Tank Regiment (Italy) (category Tank Regiments of Italy)
    the furious and futile attempts of the tank battalions to open a breach in the British line during the Battle of Beda Fomm came to naught. With 7 February...
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  • (died of wounds sustained in action the previous day during the Battle of Beda Fomm) The U.S. House of Representatives voted 265–165 in favor of the Lend-Lease...
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    Ferdinando Cona (category Italian military personnel of World War II)
    He took over as commander-in-chief of X Army when General Tellera was killed in action at the battle of Beda Fomm in February 1941. His command was short-lived...
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  • Wars Battle of Batin – 1810 – Russo-Turkish War Battle of Bautzen – 1813 – Napoleonic Wars Battle of Beda Fomm – 1941 – World War II Battle of Beecher...
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    overcome the British force at the Battle of Beda Fomm, the Italians were unable to break through, and the remnants of the retreating army surrendered....
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    entrapment suffered by the Italians at the Battle of Beda Fomm in February 1941. Rommel ordered the demolition of port facilities and supplies in Benghazi...
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    M13/40 tank (category World War II tanks of Italy)
    lines at the Battle of Beda Fomm in an effort to allow cut-off Italian troops to retreat along the Libyan coast. The attacks failed and all of their tanks...
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    5th Tank Battalion "M.O. Chiamenti" (category Tank Battalions of Italy)
    fought in the early stages of the Western Desert Campaign and was destroyed by the British XIII Corps in the Battle of Beda Fomm on 7–8 February 1941. For...
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    Maletti Group (category Brigades of Italy in World War II)
    The rest of the command and tank units arriving in Libya were combined in the Babini Group which was also destroyed at the Battle of Beda Fomm (6–7 February...
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  • and led to their surrender at the Battle of Beda Fomm in February 1941. The regiment fought at the Second Battle of El Alamein in October 1942. The regiment...
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    Lists of battles Before 301 301–1300 1301–1600 1601–1800 1801–1900 1901–2000 2001–current Naval Sieges See also This article lists all the battles that...
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    days of desperate fighting, a flying column of XIII Corps called Combe Force cuts off the retreating Italian 10th Army during the Battle of Beda Fomm. The...
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    Ajdabiya (category Baladiyat of Libya)
    troops to retreat through Ajdabiya (February 1941, Battle of Beda Fomm), but soon later they lost control of it again on April 2, 1941, when Rommel's Afrikakorps...
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