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On Tues. 18 Feb 1941 Free French forces besieged El Tag fort at Kufra,.....

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Free French forces besieged El Tag fort at Kufra, Libya, bombarding the fort with 75-millimeter field guns (whose range was longer than their Italian counterparts) and 81-millimeter mortars.

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