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20th Century

The Desert War – October 1941

1st November 2021 well_chuffed 2389 Comments

We reach October 80 years ago and it is still fairly quiet on the ground in North Africa but the Royal Navy is still busy. The big news this month is that there is a [more…]

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The Desert War – July 1941

10th August 2021 well_chuffed 3710 Comments

We reach July 80 years ago, it was quiet on the ground in North Africa but the navies were as busy as ever. There was no news from East Africa and precious little from Greece [more…]

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The Desert War – June 1941

30th June 2021 well_chuffed 1822 Comments

And so to June, the first anniversary of the Desert War and it was a hot month in more ways than one in Libya and Egypt. There is also a small report on East Africa [more…]

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The Desert War – May 1941

20th May 2021 well_chuffed 1998 Comments

An even busier month than April, lots going on in North Africa, Crete and Abyssinia. The Germans and Italians continued to besiege Tobruk, German paratroops invaded Crete and yet more parts of Abyssinia fell to [more…]

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The Desert War – April 1941

14th April 2021 well_chuffed 2021 Comments

April was a very busy month 80 years ago, Libya, Greece, Iraq and East Africa were all full of action. On the 1st, just as Rommel began his attack, there was a coup d’état in [more…]

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The Desert War – March 1941

17th March 2021 well_chuffed 2031 Comments

Into March and while there is a bit of a lull in Libya, The Balkans start to figure large and Italian East Africa gets smaller and smaller. Let’s start with a look at Libya. The [more…]

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The Desert War – February 1941

25th February 2021 well_chuffed 2239 Comments

The second month in 1941 was not up to the joys of January for the Allies. The Germans started arriving in North Africa and the push into Libya did not go much further. There was [more…]

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The Desert War – January 1941

13th January 2021 well_chuffed 4797 Comments

The start of a new year and things are getting much warmer in the Mediterranean, North Africa and East Africa. The Luftwaffe arrived in Italy ready to bomb us at sea while Operation Compass continued [more…]

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