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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 30. Chapters: Gulf of Sidra, Impact craters of Libya, Lakes of Libya, Mountains of Libya, Oases of Libya, Plateaus of Libya, Springs of Libya, Volcanoes of Libya, Sirte District, Awjila, Second Battle of Sirte, Kufra, First Battle of Sirte, Ghadames, El Agheila, Gulf of Sidra incident, Ra's Lanuf, Ghat, Libya, Houn, Al-Jaghbub, Gilf Kebir, Acacus Mountains, As Sidr, Rashidah, Maradah, Qaryat Bishr, Nubian Sandstone Aquifer System, Jikharrah, Waddan, Libya, Zallah, Socna, Tibesti Mountains, Kebira Crater, Jebel Uweinat, Jebel Akhdar, Libya, Nafusa Mountains, Gaberoun, Jalo oasis, Ma'tan as-Sarra, Waw an Namus, Tazirbu, Jabal Arkanu, BP Structure, Haruj, Oasis crater, 23rd July Lake, Buzaymah, Arkenu craters, Bikku Bitti, Ubari, Wadi Zighen, Rabyanah, List of volcanoes in Libya, Bas Saharan Basin, Gebel Sherif. Excerpt: The Second Battle of Sirte was a naval engagement in which the escorting warships of a British convoy to Malta frustrated a much more powerful Regia Marina (Italian Navy) squadron. The British convoy was composed of four merchant ships escorted by four light cruisers, one anti-aircraft cruiser, and 17 destroyers. The Italian force comprised a battleship, two heavy cruisers, one light cruiser, and eight destroyers. Despite the initial British success at warding off the Italian squadron, the battle delayed the convoy's planned arrival before dawn, which exposed it to intense air attacks in the following days which sank all four merchant ships and one of the escorting destroyers. The battle occurred on 22 March 1942, in the Mediterranean, north of the Gulf of Sirte and southeast of Malta, during the Second World War. Malta had long been a major factor in British successes against Italian convoys to North Africa, and in return became the target of an increasing number of heavy Axis air raids. By early 1942, however, the...
