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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