Sidi Barrani captured

11th December 1940: The British Army's 'Five Day Raid' is turning into a more significant battle

Italian soldiers go “into the bag” after the Battle of Sidi Barrani, when the British took 38,300 prisoners,

The small town of Sidi Barrani on the Egyptian coast was the first of the most significant Italian positions to fall during the British ‘Operation Compass’. During the 9th and 10th they had successfully overcome the series of Italian desert fortif…