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1941
January
05
The capture of Bardia
On 5 January 1941 General Mackay’s Australians broke the last resistance at Bardia. Some 36,000–40,000 Italians were captured, but Bergonzoli escaped to Tobruk.
April
12
The Battle of Vevi
On 12 April 1941 men of the SS Leibstandarte took the Klidi Pass near Vevi, held by Mackay Force. Three days earlier the Germans had entered Thessaloniki.