Operation Agreement

Operation Agreement
	Part of the Western Desert Campaign and the Battle of the Mediterranean of the Second World War
	; The Italian torpedo boats Castore and Montanari (top right) firing upon British MTBs and MLs at Tobruk harbour, 14 September 1942
Date	13–14 September 1942
Location	Tobruk, Italian Libya32.095°N 23.932°E
Result	German - Italian victory
Belligerents
United Kingdom Southern Rhodesia; New Zealand	Italy; Germany;
Commanders and leaders
John Haselden †	Giuseppe Lombardi
Strength
~650–700 marines and soldiers; 1 cruiser; 6 destroyers; 16 MTBs; 3 Motor Launches; 30 landing craft; 1 submarine;	250–300 Italians; 30 Germans; 78 guns (48 Italian and 30 German); 3 torpedo boats; 3 R boats; 8 MFPs (4 Italian and 4 German);
Casualties and losses
800 killed and 576 captured; 1 cruiser; 2 destroyers; 4 MTBs; 2 MLs; Several landing craft;	15 Italians and 1 German killed; 43 Italians and 7 Germans wounded; 30 aircraft;

Operation Agreement was a ground and amphibious operation carried out by British, Rhodesian and New Zealand forces on Axis-held Tobruk from 13 to 14 September 1942, during the Second World War. A Special Interrogation Group party, fluent in German, took part in missions behind enemy lines. Diversionary actions extended to Benghazi (Operation Bigamy), Jalo oasis (Operation Nicety) and Barce (Operation Caravan). The Tobruk raid was an Allied disaster; the British lost several hundred men killed and captured, one cruiser, two destroyers, six motor torpedo boats and dozens of small amphibious craft.

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