Battle of Tobruk may refer to:
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Battle of Tobruk (1911)
The Battle of Tobruk (1911) or Nadura Hill Battle occurred on 22 December 1911 during the Italo-Turkish War. The battle was a small engagement primarily known for the involvement and leadership of future Turkish president Mustafa Kemal Atatürk. ...
, an engagement in December 1911 during the
Italo-Turkish War
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Battle of Tobruk (1941)
The British capture of Tobruk was a battle fought between 21 and 22 January 1941, as part of Operation Compass, the first offensive of the Western Desert Force (WDF) in the Western Desert Campaign of the Second World War. After defeating the I ...
, the capture of Tobruk by the Allies in January 1941
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Siege of Tobruk
The siege of Tobruk lasted for 241 days in 1941, after Axis forces advanced through Cyrenaica from El Agheila in Operation Sonnenblume against Allied forces in Libya, during the Western Desert Campaign (1940–1943) of the Second World War. ...
, by the Axis from April to November 1941
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Battle of Tobruk (1942)
The Axis capture of Tobruk, also known as the Fall of Tobruk and the Second Battle of Tobruk (17–21 June 1942) was part of the Western Desert campaign in Libya during the World War II, Second World War. The battle was fought by the ( in Itali ...
, the fall of Tobruk to the Axis in June 1942
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1989 air battle near Tobruk
On 4 January 1989, two Grumman F-14 Tomcats of the United States Navy shot down two Libyan-operated Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23 Floggers which the American aircrews believed were attempting to engage and attack them, as had happened eight years pri ...
, shootdown of two Libyan MIG-23s
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