page_title: Capture of Kufra
section_title: Oath of Kufra
hierarchical_section_title: Capture of Kufra / Oath of Kufra
caption_attribution_description: Français&#160;: Texte du Serment de Koufra 2 mars 1941, gravé sur le monument du maréchal Leclerc de Hauteclocque, place Broglie à Strasbourg.
context_page_description: The Capture of Kufra was part of the Allied Western Desert Campaign during the Second World War. Kufra is a basin and oasis group in the Kufra District of south-eastern Cyrenaica in the Libyan Desert. In 1940, it was part of the colony of Italian Libya Libia Italiana, which was part of Africa Settentrionale Italiana, which was established in 1934. With some early assistance from the British Long Range Desert Group, Kufra was captured by Free French Forces when the Italian and Libyan garrison surrendered after a siege from 31 January to 1 March 1941.
context_section_description: After the fall of Kufra, Leclerc and his troops swore an oath to fight until "our flag flies over the Cathedral of Strasbourg"
  Swear not to lay down arms until our colours, our beautiful colours, fly over Strasbourg Cathedral.
  — Leclerc
  The oath was fulfilled on 23 November 1944, when Leclerc and the French 2nd Armoured Division liberated Strasbourg.
caption: Oath of Kufra, 2 March 1941
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