Action at Bir el Gubi (November 1941) | |||||||
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Part of Operation Crusader during the Second World War | |||||||
![]() Italian M13/40 tanks in North Africa. | |||||||
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100 killed and wounded 32 captured 52 tanks destroyed [1][2] |
95 killed and wounded 82 missing 12 guns lost 14 tankettes destroyed [1] |
The Action at Bir el Gubi (November 1941) (Arabic: بئر الغبي, romanized: Biʾr al-Ġubbiyy, lit. 'Well of the Depressed Terrain') took place on 19 November 1941 near Biʾr al-Ġubbiyy, Libya. It was one of the opening engagements of Operation Crusader in North Africa and resulted in a success for the Italian armoured forces.