Fort Capuzzo
Fort Capuzzo, at the beginning of
World War II, was an
Italian fort in
Libya,
Africa. Within a week of Italy's
June 10,
1940 declaration of war against
Britain, the
British Army's 11th Hussar's (assisted by elements of the 1st Royal Tank Regiment) captured Fort Capuzzo. Later, the Italian 1st Blackshirt Division would recapture the installation during an attack which reached
Sidi Barrani,
Egypt. In December, the
Western Desert Force would retake the fort, during
Operation Compass.
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