Battle of Agordat

The Battle of Agordat was fought near Agordat in Eritrea from 26 to 31 January 1941, by the Italian army and Royal Corps of Colonial Troops against British, Commonwealth and Indian forces, during the East African Campaign of the Second World War. The British had the advantage of breaking Italian codes and cyphers before the offensive and received copious amounts of information from Italian sources on the order of battle and plans of the Regia Aeronautica and the Italian army.

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1941  Wikidata
battle, United Kingdom, 

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Location: 15.5486, 37.8867, KML, Cluster Map, Maps,
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1941 Battle of Agordat

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1890 First Battle of Agordat

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1893 Second Battle of Agordat

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Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
event	armed conflict	1890	First Battle of Agordat	battle, Mahdist Sudan, Kingdom of Italy	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1893	Second Battle of Agordat	battle, Kingdom of Italy, Mahdist Sudan	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1941	Battle of Agordat	battle, United Kingdom	Wikidata