Английская Википедия:Bardia
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Bardia,[1] also El Burdi or Bardiyah[2] (Шаблон:Lang-ar or Шаблон:Lang-ar) is a Mediterranean seaport in the Butnan District of eastern Libya, located near the border with Egypt. It is also occasionally called Bórdi Slemán.[3]
History
In Roman times the town was known as Petras Maior.[4]
During World War I, German U-boats made several landings in the port of Bardia in support of the Senussi order during the Senussi Campaign.[5]
During World War II, it was the site of a major Italian fortification, invested by the XXIII Corps under the command of General Annibale Bergonzoli.[6] On 21 June 1940, the town was bombarded by the 7th Cruiser Squadron of the Mediterranean Fleet. The bombardment force consisted of the Шаблон:Ship, British cruisers Шаблон:HMS and Шаблон:HMS, the Australian cruiser Шаблон:HMAS, and the destroyers HMS Dainty, Decoy, Hasty, and Шаблон:HMAS.[7][8]Шаблон:Rp The bombardment caused minimal damage. The town was taken during Operation Compass by Commonwealth forces consisting mainly of the Australian 6th Division in fighting over 3–5 January 1941 at the Battle of Bardia.
The Axis later reoccupied the town and set up a prisoner of war camp there. On 2 January 1942, Bardia was re-taken by the South African 2nd Infantry Division, led by 1st Battalion, Royal Durban Light Infantry,[9] supported by the New Zealand Divisional Cavalry Regiment[10] and also the South African 2nd Anti-Aircraft Brigade (Light Anti-Aircraft).[11] The South Africans lost approximately 160 men,[9] and the operation freed about 1,150[9] Allied prisoners of war (including 650 New Zealanders) and took some 8,500 Axis prisoners (German and Italian).[12]Шаблон:Rp[9]
Bardia again changed hands in June 1942, being re-occupied by Axis forces for a third time, but was abandoned without contest in November following the Allied victory at El Alamein.[10]
Bardia is the location of the Bardia Mural, finished in 1942.[13]
References
Further reading
- Шаблон:Cite book
- Шаблон:Cite book - history of New Zealand troops in North Africa in World War II
External links
- ↑ Шаблон:GEOnet2, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite encyclopedia
- ↑ Шаблон:GEOnet2, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
- ↑ Stern, Robert Cecil (2007) The hunter hunted: submarine versus submarine : encounters from World War I Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, Maryland, note 15 of Chapter 13, page 205, from page 94, Шаблон:ISBN
- ↑ Hans Werner Neulen: Feldgrau in Jerusalem. 2. Aufl., Universitas, München 2002, S. 100 ff., Шаблон:ISBN.
- ↑ Collier, Richard (1977) The War in the Desert Time-Life Books, Alexandria, Virginia, p. 29, Шаблон:ISBN and Time-Life Books (1990) Afrikakorps Time-Life Books, Alexandria, Virginia, p. 15, Шаблон:ISBN
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite book
- ↑ 9,0 9,1 9,2 9,3 Шаблон:Cite web
- ↑ 10,0 10,1 Шаблон:Cite web
- ↑ Personal account of battle by Ron Myburgh's (as yet unpublished) memoirs.
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite book
- ↑ Simmonds, Donald "Bardiyah (Bardia) Masterpiece" Шаблон:Webarchive
