Bardia
Coordinates: 31 ° 45 ' N , 25 ° 5' E
Bardia ( Arabic البردية, DMG al-Bardīya , partly also al-Bardī ) is a port city in eastern Libya in the municipality of Al-Butnan and is about 25 kilometers west of the Egyptian border. In 2010 it had 3686 inhabitants.
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In ancient times, Bardia was called Petra Megala and even then it was on the border between Libyan Marmarica and Egypt.
In both world wars, Bardia was of strategic importance: During the First World War , German submarines landed here several times to support the rebellious Senussi in their fight against British and Italian colonial powers.
During the Second World War , Bardia was a theater of war . Italian troops under the command of General Annibale Bergonzoli fought with British units . Ownership changed several times during the war until Bardia was finally taken by the British in 1942.
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- ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original dated December 29, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Ptolemy's Geography 4,5,3
- ^ Hans Werner Neulen: Feldgrau in Jerusalem . 2nd edition, Universitas, Munich 2002, p. 100 ff., ISBN 3-8004-1437-6 .