battle, interwar and Second World War
Battle of Agordat
Battle of Agordat was a battle fought on 26 January 1941 at Agordat, in what is now Eritrea; it lasted 5 days. It was part of the East African Campaign, which ran from 1940 to 1941. The recorded result: British victory. Recorded strength: 2 infantry divisions; Sudan Defence Force (elements) against 6,000–7,000 men.
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Where it sits in the East African Campaign
Record
| Date | 26 January 1941 to 31 January 1941 | |
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| Place | Agordat, Eritrea 15.549N, 37.887E | |
| Kind | Battle, interwar and Second World War | |
| Strength | 2 infantry divisions; Sudan Defence Force (elements) | 6,000–7,000 men |
| Casualties and losses | 1,500–2,000 prisoners; 14 tanks; 43 guns | |
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Nearest engagements
- Siege of Barentu 1977, 57 km SW
- Battle of Keren 1941, 66 km NE
- Battle of Afabet 1988, 111 km NE
- Battle of Halai 1894, 157 km E
- Attack on Convoy BN 7 1940, 168 km E
In the same war
- Before: Battle of Tug Argan 1940
- After: Battle of Keren 5 February 1941
- All 7 engagements of East African Campaign
Elsewhere in 1941
- Attack on Pearl Harbor United States
- Siege of Leningrad Soviet Union
- Battle of Moscow Soviet Union
- Battle of Crete Greece
- Battle of Kiev Ukraine
Battle of Agordat is one of 2,997 engagements of the 20th century in the atlas and one of 23 in present-day Eritrea.
Sources
Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q3636314, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Agordat (1941), revision 1378202364, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.