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After Bir el Gubi the brigade reported that it had lost 82 tanks, and another account stated that it had only 10 to 20 battleworthy tanks left. These figures included not only battlefield losses but also Crusaders lost during the two days leading up to and including the battle due to mechanical problems.
It followed the Action at Bir el Gubi (November 1941), a failed Allied attempt to capture Bir el Gubi two weeks prior. Bir el Gubi was a position whose fall would have allowed the Allies to outflank the German–Italian forces in Cyrenaica. The battle was part of Operation Crusader.
There were two military actions at Bir el Gubi in World War II, both fought in late 1941 during Operation Crusader. These occurred in North Africa, in Libya, in and around a crossroads called Bir el Gubi. Action at Bir el Gubi (November 1941), a clash between the British 22 Armoured Brigade and the Italian Ariete Division on 19 November 1941
On 19 November, the 22nd Armoured Brigade attacked the Ariete Division at Bir el Gubi but withdrew after 25 of its new Crusader tanks were knocked out for an Italian loss of 34 tanks. The 7th Armoured Brigade and the Support Group advanced to the airfield at Sidi Rezegh, captured 19 aircraft and menaced the rear of Division z.b.V. Afrika .
November 19: First Action at Bir el Gubi; November 19 - December 1: Battle of Sidi Rezegh; November 21 – December 7: Second Battle of Tobruk; November 21: Battle of Bir el Haiad; November 22: Battle of Bir Ghirba; November 22: Second Battle of Sidi Omar; November 27: Battle of Bir el Chleta; November 29 - December 4: Battle of Ed Dedu
The battalion's machine guns and 2-pdrs firing 'portee' got off a few unobserved rounds into the storm until it was ordered to move north to Bir el Gubi. Here it was drawn into the northern fighting around the 'Knightsbridge Box' (the Battle of the Cauldron). The battalion occupied a 'box' at Elvet el Tamar on 8 June.
The Babini Group (Italian: Raggruppamento Babini, also known as the Special Armoured Brigade/ Brigata Corazzata Speciale) was an ad hoc armoured unit. The group was formed by the Italian Royal Army (Regio Esercito Italia) in Italian North Africa (Libya) at the start of the Western Desert Campaign of the Second World War.
Battle of Bardia; Raid on Bardia; Battle of Gurun; Battle of Kota Bharu; Battle of Lake Kastoria; Battle of Maleme; Battle of Trešnjica; Operation Battleaxe; Battle of Beda Fomm; Battle of Beirut (1941) Battle of Białystok–Minsk; Action at Bir el Gubi (November 1941) Action at Bir el Gubi (December 1941) Battle of Borneo (1941–1942 ...