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.
history
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.
Places in the area
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Individual evidence
- ↑ 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 .
