Summary Part of North Africa Week on WW2TV The two battles of Bir el Gubi were fought in November and December 1941 as part of the wider Libyan campaign of Operation Crusader. Both battles saw Italian forces defeat those of the British and are important to learn about to understand the nature of armoured warfare in North Africa. Giulio Poggiaroni is a freelance project manager with a background in Economics who writes about Italy in WWII. Giulio's interest in the war comes in part from listening to his Grand fathers, one fought in Russia with the Italian Expeditionary Corp and the other one fought alongside the Partisans.

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