The First Battle of Sirte was fought between forces of the British Mediterranean Fleet and the Regia Marina (Italian Royal Navy) during the Battle of the...
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The Battle of Sirte during the Second Libyan Civil War started in the spring of 2016, in the Sirte District of Libya, between the Islamic State of Iraq...
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Sirte (/ˈsɜːrt/; Arabic: سِرْت, pronunciation), also spelled Sirt, Surt, Sert or Syrte, is a city in Libya. It is located south of the Gulf of Sirte, almost...
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The Battle of Sirte was the final and most decisive battle of the First Libyan Civil War, beginning when the National Liberation Army attacked the last...
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Mediterranean of World War II: First Battle of Sirte, fought on 17 December 1941 Second Battle of Sirte, fought on 22 March 1942 as part of Libya–United...
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The Battle of Sirte refers to the battle in the spring of 2015, in the region of Sirte, Libya, between the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL)...
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The Battle of Sirte took place on January 6, 2020 during the Second Libyan Civil War. The Libyan National Army of Marshal Khalifa Haftar took the city...
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of Sidra (Arabic: خليج السدرة, romanized: Khalij as-Sidra, also known as the Gulf of Sirte (Arabic: خليج سرت, romanized: Khalij Surt), is a body of water...
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HMS Havock (H43) (category G and H-class destroyers of the Royal Navy)
First Battle of Sirte in December and was badly damaged by the Italian battleship Littorio whilst protecting another convoy during the Second Battle of...
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Italian battleship Giulio Cesare (category World War I battleships of Italy)
to North Africa and participated in the Battle of Cape Spartivento in late 1940 and the First Battle of Sirte in late 1941. She was designated as a training...
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Conte di Cavour-class battleship (category World War II battleships of Italy)
several convoys, and participated in the Battle of Cape Spartivento in late 1940 and the First Battle of Sirte in late 1941. She was designated as a training...
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Angelo Iachino (category Admirals of World War II)
the First Battle of Sirte (16 December 1941) and the Second Battle of Sirte (22 March 1942) the forces under his command clashed with the escorts of British...
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the Battle of Calabria on 9 July 1940, took part in the Battle of Cape Spartivento, 27 November 1940, was involved in the First Battle of Sirte, 17 December...
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Andrea Doria-class battleship (category World War I battleships of Italy)
Operation M42, where Andrea Doria saw action at the inconclusive First Battle of Sirte on 17 December. Fuel shortages curtailed further activities in 1942...
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Sirte is a city in Libya Sirte may also refer to: First Battle of Sirte (17 December 1941), World War II Second Battle of Sirte (22 March 1942), World...
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The Second Battle of Sirte (on 22 March 1942) was a naval engagement in the Mediterranean Sea, north of the Gulf of Sidra and south-east of Malta, during...
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Duilio was damaged at the Battle of Taranto, while Andrea Doria was not hit. Both ships were present at the First Battle of Sirte, though only Andrea Doria...
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torpedoed and sunk. 17 December, First Battle of Sirte. An indecisive, brief clash between the escorting fleet forces of two convoys. 19 December, Raid...
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HMS Neptune (20) (category Leander-class cruisers (1931) of the Royal Navy)
engagement at sunset known as First Battle of Sirte. On the night of 19–20 December, Neptune, leading the line, struck two mines, part of an Italian minefield...
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HMS Kingston (F64) (category J, K and N-class destroyers of the Royal Navy)
Fleet, known as the First Battle of Sirte. On 22 March 1942 Kingston took part of the escort of convoy MW10 in the Second Battle of Sirte, where, as the destroyers...
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HMS Jervis (category J, K and N-class destroyers of the Royal Navy)
ran supplies to the beleaguered port of Tobruk and in December led the destroyers at the First Battle of Sirte. On returning to Alexandria, she was damaged...
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Italian battleship Andrea Doria (category World War I battleships of Italy)
1941 and into 1942, during which she engaged in the inconclusive First Battle of Sirte. After the Armistice in September 1943 the ship was sailed to Malta...
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Force K (category Military units and formations of the Royal Navy in World War II)
suffered 60 per cent losses. On 19 December, at about the time of the First Battle of Sirte, ships from both forces ran into an Italian minefield (including...
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Ruse de guerre (redirect from Ruses of war)
lead up to the First Battle of Sirte during the Second World War, the fast minelayer HMS Abdiel successfully impersonated a force of two battleships...
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had led to the First Battle of Sirte, Force B was deployed to find the Italian convoy encountered in that engagement but fell foul of a minefield off...
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Guido Porzio Giovanola (category Italian military personnel of World War I)
participating in convoy operations and in the First Battle of Sirte and receiving the Knight's Cross of the Military Order of Savoy and the War Merit Cross by Italy...
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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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Zara-class cruiser (category World War II cruisers of Italy)
Gorizia continued in service, seeing further action at the First and Second Battles of Sirte. She was seriously damaged by American heavy bombers in April...
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9 July 1940, took part in the Battle of Cape Spartivento, 27 November 1940, was involved in the First Battle of Sirte, 17 December 1941 it then moved...
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Angelo Parona (category Italian military personnel of World War I)
the commander of the 3rd Cruiser Division, between December 1941 and August 1942 Parona participated in the First and Second Battle of Sirte, where his division...
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