Bombing of Bahrain in World War II

Italian bombing of Bahrain
Part of World War II
SM.82s similar to those used in the Italian raid on Bahrain
Date 19 October 1940 Location Bahrain and Dhahran, Saudi Arabia Result Italian Victory
Belligerents
Italy	United Kingdom Saudi Arabia  Bahrain
Commanders and leaders
Ettore Muti	Charles Geoffrey Prior Hamad ibn Isa Al Khalifa Ibn Saud
Strength
4 Savoia-Marchetti SM.82.	airplane
Casualties and losses
None	Damage to Bahrain oil facilities Dhahran slightly damaged

The bombing of Bahrain in World War II was part of an effort by the Italian Royal Air Force (Regia Aeronautica) to strike at the British interests wherever possible in the Middle East.^[1] While the mission caused little damage, it was successful in forcing the diversion of already-limited Allied resources to an obscure theater originally thought to be safe.