Battle of Gazala

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Battle_of_Gazala

GPTKB entity

Statements (54)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:battle
gptkbp:belligerent	gptkb:British_Commonwealth gptkb:Italy gptkb:Nazi_Germany gptkb:United_Kingdom gptkb:Free_French_Forces
gptkbp:casualties	Allied: ~50,000 Axis: ~3,360 killed, 2,200 missing, 6,200 wounded
gptkbp:combatant	gptkb:Allied_forces gptkb:Axis_powers
gptkbp:commander	gptkb:Erwin_Rommel gptkb:Neil_Ritchie
gptkbp:endDate	21 June 1942
gptkbp:followedBy	gptkb:First_Battle_of_El_Alamein
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Battle of Gazala
gptkbp:location	near Gazala, Libya
gptkbp:notableEvent	gptkb:fall_of_Tobruk
gptkbp:notableUnit	gptkb:Free_French_Brigade gptkb:21st_Panzer_Division gptkb:Afrika_Korps gptkb:Eighth_Army gptkb:1st_Armoured_Division gptkb:1st_South_African_Division gptkb:7th_Armoured_Division gptkb:15th_Panzer_Division gptkb:50th_(Northumbrian)_Infantry_Division gptkb:Indian_3rd_Motor_Brigade gptkb:Italian_101st_Motorised_Division_Trieste gptkb:Italian_102nd_Motorised_Division_Trento gptkb:Italian_132nd_Armoured_Division_Ariete gptkb:Italian_133rd_Armoured_Division_Littorio gptkb:Italian_17th_Infantry_Division_Pavia gptkb:Italian_25th_Infantry_Division_Bologna gptkb:Italian_27th_Infantry_Division_Brescia gptkb:Italian_55th_Infantry_Division_Savona gptkb:Italian_60th_Infantry_Division_Sabratha gptkb:Italian_Ariete_Division gptkb:Italian_Bologna_Division gptkb:Italian_Brescia_Division gptkb:Italian_Littorio_Division gptkb:Italian_Pavia_Division gptkb:Italian_Sabratha_Division gptkb:Italian_Savona_Division gptkb:Italian_Trento_Division gptkb:Italian_Trieste_Division gptkb:Italian_XX_Motorised_Corps
gptkbp:partOf	gptkb:Second_World_War gptkb:Western_Desert_Campaign
gptkbp:precededBy	gptkb:Operation_Crusader
gptkbp:result	Axis victory
gptkbp:significance	major Axis advance in North Africa
gptkbp:startDate	26 May 1942
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:North_African_Campaign
gptkbp:bfsLayer	4