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British counter-offensive (Operation Compass)
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/British_counter-offensive_(Operation_Compass)
GPTKB entity
Statements (29)
Predicate
Object
gptkbp:instanceOf
gptkb:military_operation
gptkbp:casualties
British and Commonwealth: ~1,900
Italian: ~130,000 captured
Italian: ~5,000 killed or wounded
gptkbp:codename
gptkb:Operation_Compass
gptkbp:combatant
gptkb:British_Commonwealth
gptkb:Italy
gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:commander
gptkb:Italo_Gariboldi
gptkb:Richard_O'Connor
gptkbp:conflict
gptkb:Second_World_War
gptkbp:endDate
9 February 1941
gptkbp:followedBy
gptkb:German_intervention_in_North_Africa
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
British counter-offensive (Operation Compass)
gptkbp:location
Western Desert, Egypt and Libya
gptkbp:notableEvent
gptkb:Battle_of_Beda_Fomm
gptkb:Capture_of_Bardia
gptkb:Capture_of_Tobruk
gptkbp:notableUnit
gptkb:7th_Armoured_Division
gptkb:6th_Australian_Division
gptkb:Italian_10th_Army
gptkb:Indian_4th_Infantry_Division
gptkbp:objective
Defeat Italian 10th Army
gptkbp:partOf
gptkb:Western_Desert_Campaign
gptkbp:precededBy
gptkb:Italian_invasion_of_Egypt
gptkbp:result
Decisive British victory
gptkbp:startDate
9 December 1940
gptkbp:bfsParent
gptkb:Italian_invasion_of_Egypt
gptkbp:bfsLayer
5