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WWII British 8th Army opens offensive in North Africa by attacking Sidi Barrani in Egypt. They seize 1,000 Italians in a sudden
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South African History Online. (2011, December 5). WWII British 8th Army opens offensive in North Africa by attacking Sidi Barrani in Egypt. They seize 1,000 Italians in a sudden. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0070550
South African History Online (2011) 'WWII British 8th Army opens offensive in North Africa by attacking Sidi Barrani in Egypt. They seize 1,000 Italians in a sudden', South African History Online, 5 December. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0070550 (Accessed: 11 September 2026).
South African History Online, WWII British 8th Army opens offensive in North Africa by attacking Sidi Barrani in Egypt. They seize 1,000 Italians in a sudden [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0070550, (accessed 11 September 2026).
"WWII British 8th Army opens offensive in North Africa by attacking Sidi Barrani in Egypt. They seize 1,000 Italians in a sudden." South African History Online, 5 Dec. 2011, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0070550. Accessed 11 Sept. 2026.
South African History Online. "WWII British 8th Army opens offensive in North Africa by attacking Sidi Barrani in Egypt. They seize 1,000 Italians in a sudden." South African History Online. December 5, 2011. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0070550.
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