Live Breaking News & Updates on Mario Soldarelli

Stay updated with breaking news from Mario soldarelli. Get real-time updates on events, politics, business, and more. Visit us for reliable news and exclusive interviews.

Battle of Beda 80 years ago results in Italian sacking


(Feb. 5, 2021) This week, 80 years ago, Commonwealth Forces completed the destruction of the remnants of the Italian Tenth Army at Beda Fomm in Libya.
Beda Fomm, is in the province of Cyrenaica, which is the eastern most of the three Libyan provinces, and borders on Egypt in the east.
Beda Fomm was near the coast in the west of the province, east of the Gulf of Sirte and south of Jebel Akhdar, which was a raised area with plenty of water and vegetation.
By this time, the Tenth Army had been driven out of Egypt and out of most of Cyrenaica. The Governor-Gen. of Libya, Marshal Rodolfo Graziani, on Feb. 1, 1941, decided to abandon Cyrenaica and concentrate his forces for the defense of the western-most Libyan province of Tripolitania, and the colony’s capital of Tripoli. ....

Libya General , United Kingdom , Gulf Of Sidra , Sha Biyat Darnah , Sha Biyat Surt , Gulf Of Sirte , El Agheila , Sidi Barrani , Beda Fomm , Afrika Korps , Giuseppe Tellera , Mario Soldarelli , Annibale Bergonzoli , Michael Omoore Creagh , Pietro Zaglio , Marshal Graziani , Marshal Rodolfo Graziani , Barba Elettrica , Muammar Gaddafi , Iven Mackay , Valentino Babini , Bortolo Zambon , Richard Oconnor , Armored Division , Italian Tenth Army At Beda Fomm , Giuseppe Tellera Tenth Army ,