African Theatre of World War II

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:military_operation
gptkbp:casualties hundreds of thousands
gptkbp:combatant gptkb:Allied_Powers
gptkb:Axis_Powers
gptkbp:commander gptkb:Dwight_D._Eisenhower
gptkb:Erwin_Rommel
gptkb:Pierre_Koenig
gptkb:Hans-Jürgen_von_Arnim
gptkb:Giovanni_Messe
gptkb:Mario_Berti
gptkb:Albert_Kesselring
gptkb:Henri_Giraud
gptkb:Ettore_Bastico
gptkb:Italo_Gariboldi
gptkb:Rodolfo_Graziani
Archibald Wavell
Bernard Montgomery
Claude Auchinleck
Harold Alexander
gptkbp:endDate 13 May 1943
gptkbp:followedBy gptkb:Italian_Campaign
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label African Theatre of World War II
gptkbp:involvedCountry gptkb:Algeria
gptkb:Australia
gptkb:Belgium
gptkb:Canada
gptkb:Czechoslovakia
gptkb:Egypt
gptkb:Eritrea
gptkb:Ethiopia
gptkb:France
gptkb:French_West_Africa
gptkb:Germany
gptkb:Ghana
gptkb:Greece
gptkb:India
gptkb:Italy
gptkb:Kenya
gptkb:Libya
gptkb:Morocco
gptkb:New_Zealand
gptkb:Nigeria
gptkb:Poland
gptkb:Somalia
gptkb:South_Africa
gptkb:Sudan
gptkb:Tunisia
gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkb:United_States
gptkb:British_Somaliland
gptkb:Free_French_Forces
gptkb:Vichy_France
gptkb:French_Equatorial_Africa
gptkb:Belgian_Congo
gptkb:Italian_Somaliland
gptkbp:location gptkb:Africa
gptkb:Mediterranean_Sea
gptkb:Middle_East
gptkbp:notableBattle gptkb:Operation_Torch
gptkb:North_African_Campaign
gptkb:Battle_of_El_Alamein
gptkb:East_African_Campaign
gptkb:Tunisia_Campaign
gptkb:Western_Desert_Campaign
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:Phoney_War
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:European_Theatre_of_World_War_II
gptkb:Pacific_War
gptkb:Mediterranean_and_Middle_East_Theatre
gptkbp:result Allied victory
gptkbp:significance Secured Suez Canal
Boosted Allied morale
Led to Axis expulsion from Africa
Opened a second front against Axis powers
Secured Middle Eastern oil supplies
gptkbp:significantEvent gptkb:Operation_Compass
gptkb:Battle_of_Kasserine_Pass
gptkb:Italian_invasion_of_Egypt
gptkb:Siege_of_Tobruk
gptkb:Operation_Crusader
gptkb:Operation_Ochsenkopf
gptkb:Operation_Vulcan
Surrender of Axis forces in Tunisia
gptkbp:startDate 10 June 1940
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Mediterranean_Theatre_of_World_War_II
gptkb:Mediterranean_Theatre
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7