Operation Agreement
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During World War II, Operation Agreement consisted of ground and amphibious attacks by British, Rhodesian and New Zealand forces on German- and Italian-held Tobruk (Operation Daffodil), Benghazi (Operation Snowdrop), Jalo oasis (Operation Tulip) and Barce (Operation Hyacinth) launched on 13 September, 1942. The assault on Tobruk failed badly; the British lost three ships and several hundred soldiers and Marines.
Objectives
The objectives were to undermine Axis efforts by destroying airfield and harbour installations and large oil stores and to recapture Jalo oasis.
Execution
New Zealanders successfully attacked Barce and its airfield, destroying 30 aircraft.
The SAS, led by Lt. Col. David Stirling attempted a large-scale raid on Benghazi, but were driven off by heavy Italian gunfire and suffered heavy losses.
The main attack on Tobruk suffered from poor planning and coordination. The expected garrison had been strengthened and British warships bringing in the seaborne troops were ambushed by harbour defences. Another seaborne landing partially failed to reach its beach.
Allied strength for Operation Daffodil (the only one with amphibious landings) was about 400 Royal Marines and 180 Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders and engineers from the sea and about 150 SAS from the desert. Losses were about 300 RM, 166 Army, 280 Royal Navy, one cruiser (HMS Coventry), two destroyers (HMS Sikh and Zulu) and four MTBs. German losses were 62 killed and 119 wounded.sl:Operacija Dogovor