Regional1942

Battle of Mersah Matruh

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Libya

Estimated casualties

Casualty figures unrecorded for this conflict.

Battle of Mersah Matruh (1942), part of the World War II. Germany, Italy defeated United Kingdom.

Belligerents3

Germany
Italy
United Kingdom

ON THE MAPThird Reich (peak, 1942)British Empire (1939)

Conflict graph

PART OFWorld War II

Sources

HCED — Miller & Bakar (2023), Historical Conflict Event Dataset, J. Conflict Resolution 67(2-3)
Jaques, Dictionary of Battles and Sieges (HCED primary source)

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Cite as: Battle of Mersah Matruh (1942). War Atlas. https://waratlas.org/c/battle-of-mersah-matruh · Sources & methodology