Tobruk: All Data
Tobruk is a city in Libya. This page covers its chronology of mentions across 5,500 years of history, including capitals, battles, events and subdivisions. Part of Phersu Atlas.
1. Lists and Timelines
Tobruk: Chronology of Mentions
Note: For polities of antiquity, the listed capital or subdivision capital may also represent one or several of the most important cities of the region.
1911 AD
Mentioned in Event: Libyan Front
1911 AD
Mentioned in: Battle of Tobruk, part of Italo-Turkish War
1912 AD
Mentioned in Event: Libyan Front
1912 AD
Mentioned in Event: Treaty of Lausanne (1912)
1941 AD
Mentioned in Event: Operation Compass
1941 AD
Mentioned in Event: Operation Crusader
1941 AD
Mentioned in Event: Operation Sonnenblume
1941 AD
Mentioned in: Siege of Tobruk, part of Operation Sonnenblume
1942 AD
Mentioned in Event: Battle of Gazala
1942 AD
Mentioned in Event: Second Battle of El Alamein
1943 AD
Mentioned in Event: World War II (North African Theatre)
2011 AD
Mentioned in Event: Early Protest Phase of the First Libyan Civil War
2011 AD
Mentioned in Event: Libyan Civil War (2011)
2012 AD
Mentioned in Event: Libyan Civil War (2014-present)
2025 AD
Subdivision Capital of the District of Butnan District, part of State of Libya