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Wednesday, January 22, 1941 - Tobruk is captured

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On this day, British and Commonwealth forces enter the port at Tobruk, in Libya, and tens of thousands of Italian occupiers are taken prisoner.

The attack on the coastal fortress of Tobruk was finally launched on the 21st and it fell the next day, yielding 30,000 Italian prisoners, 236 guns, and 87 tanks. The 7th Royal Tank Regiment was a remarkable unit, winning a quick series of battles in Libya despite a paucity of resources.

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Italian battery of 149-35 and 120-25 guns captured by the British.
 
Watching these Italian heavy guns I could not believe that they still used guns without recoil mechanism during WW2. But Google informed me that they had a lot of them in service until surrender in 1943. The Italian artillery crews must have felt like in a museum where you are allowed to "play". Mussolini must have been mad to wage war with all this crap!
 
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