battle, notable, interwar and Second World War
Battle of Keren
Battle of Keren was a battle fought on 5 February 1941 at Keren, in what is now Eritrea; it lasted 55 days. It was part of the East African Campaign, which ran from 1940 to 1941. The recorded result: Allied victory.
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Where it sits in the East African Campaign
Record
| Date | 5 February 1941 to 1 April 1941 | |
|---|---|---|
| Place | Keren, Eritrea 15.777N, 38.451E | |
| Kind | Battle, interwar and Second World War | |
Nearest engagements
- Battle of Afabet 1988, 52 km NE
- Battle of Agordat 1941, 66 km SW
- Attack on Convoy BN 7 1940, 109 km E
- Siege of Barentu 1977, 117 km SW
- Battle of Halai 1894, 118 km SE
In the same war
- Before: Battle of Agordat 26 January 1941
- After: Siege of Saïo 25 March 1941
- All 7 engagements of East African Campaign
Elsewhere in 1941
- Operation Barbarossa Lithuania
- Attack on Pearl Harbor United States
- Siege of Leningrad Soviet Union
- Battle of Moscow Soviet Union
- Battle of Crete Greece
Battle of Keren is one of 4,429 engagements of the 20th century in the atlas and one of 24 in present-day Eritrea.
Sources
Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q1970005, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Keren, revision 1382142715, 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.