Battle of Tripoli (1943)

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Battle of Tripoli
Part of the North African Campaign
A Daimler armoured car opens fire in the gloom of early morning at the start of the battle for Tripoli, 18 January 1943.
Date 22–23 January 1943 Location Tripoli, Tripolitania, (Italian Libya) Result Allied victory
Belligerents
Italy  Germany	United Kingdom  New Zealand  Australia
Commanders and leaders
Ettore Bastico Erwin Rommel	Harold Alexander Bernard Montgomery
Units involved
German-Italian Panzer Army	British Eighth Army

The Battle of Tripoli was an engagement on between the Deutsch-Italienische Panzerarmee commanded by Erwin Rommel of Germany and Ettore Bastico of Italy, who held the town, and the British 8th Army, a Commonwealth force commanded by Sir Bernard Montgomery. After a short siege, the Italian and German forces withdrew from Tripoli, and the Allies entered the town to great worldwide fanfare.