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Battle of Tobruk (1941)
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/Battle_of_Tobruk_(1941)
GPTKB entity
Statements (34)
Predicate
Object
gptkbp:instanceOf
gptkb:battle
gptkbp:casualties
Allied: ~3,000 killed, wounded or missing
Axis: ~8,000 killed, wounded or missing
gptkbp:combatant
gptkb:Australia
gptkb:British_India
gptkb:Czechoslovakia
gptkb:Italy
gptkb:Nazi_Germany
gptkb:Poland
gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:commander
gptkb:Leslie_Morshead
gptkb:Erwin_Rommel
gptkb:Enrico_Pitassi_Mannella
gptkb:Vittorio_di_Africa
gptkbp:endDate
27 November 1941
gptkbp:followedBy
gptkb:Operation_Crusader
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
Battle of Tobruk (1941)
gptkbp:location
gptkb:Tobruk,_Libya
gptkbp:notableFor
Rats of Tobruk nickname for defenders
gptkbp:notableUnit
gptkb:Czechoslovak_11th_Infantry_Battalion
gptkb:Royal_Navy
gptkb:Afrika_Korps
gptkb:Australian_9th_Division
gptkb:Polish_Independent_Carpathian_Rifle_Brigade
gptkbp:partOf
gptkb:World_War_II
gptkb:Western_Desert_Campaign
gptkbp:precededBy
gptkb:Siege_of_Tobruk
gptkbp:result
Allied victory
gptkbp:siege
241 days
gptkbp:significance
prolonged Axis siege
gptkbp:startDate
10 April 1941
gptkbp:strategicImportance
control of Tobruk port
gptkbp:bfsParent
gptkb:6th_Australian_Division
gptkbp:bfsLayer
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