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Raid on Alexandria

19 December 1941

Italian frogman raid on British warships in Alexandria in 1941. It took place on 19 December 1941 in what is now Egypt. The setting was Alexandria. It was part of the Mediterranean and Middle East Theater of World War II. Those involved included the United Kingdom and the Kingdom of Italy.

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