Twin Pimples raid

Twin Pimples Raid
Part of the Siege of Tobruk, during the Second World War
Date 17/18 July 1941 Location Tobruk 32°06′31.3″N 23°50′07.4″E / 32.108694°N 23.835389°E / 32.108694; 23.835389 Result Allied victory
Belligerents
United Kingdom  British India  Australia	Italy
Commanders and leaders
Captain M Keely	Unknown
Units involved
No. 8 (Guards) Commando Royal Australian Engineers 18th King Edward's Own Cavalry	132 Armoured Division Ariete 101 Motorised Division Trieste 17 Infantry Division Pavia 25 Infantry Division Bologna 27 Infantry Division Brescia[nb 1]
Strength
43 Commandos Small detachment engineers	Unknown
Casualties and losses
1 dead 4 wounded	1 ammunition dump and several mortars destroyed. 200 dead (Italian claim).[1]

The Twin Pimples Raid was a British Commando raid on a feature in the Italian lines during the siege of Tobruk in the Second World War. The raid, carried out by men of the No. 8 (Guards) Commando and the Royal Australian Engineers, was a complete success. However it did not end the siege; that continued until November 1941, when the Allied advance during Operation Crusader reached the town.

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