British military operations in North Africa

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

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Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:military_operation
gptkbp:alliedWith	gptkb:Australia gptkb:Greece gptkb:India gptkb:New_Zealand gptkb:Poland gptkb:South_Africa gptkb:United_States gptkb:Free_French_Forces
gptkbp:combatant	gptkb:British_Commonwealth gptkb:United_Kingdom gptkb:Axis_powers
gptkbp:commander	gptkb:Erwin_Rommel gptkb:Italo_Gariboldi Archibald Wavell Bernard Montgomery Claude Auchinleck
gptkbp:endDate	1943
gptkbp:followedBy	gptkb:Allied_invasion_of_Sicily
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	British military operations in North Africa
gptkbp:location	gptkb:North_Africa
gptkbp:notableBattle	gptkb:Operation_Compass gptkb:Operation_Torch gptkb:Battle_of_El_Alamein gptkb:Siege_of_Tobruk gptkb:Operation_Crusader
gptkbp:notableEvent	gptkb:Operation_Lightfoot gptkb:Operation_Supercharge gptkb:Operation_Theseus gptkb:Operation_Torch gptkb:Battle_of_Alam_el_Halfa gptkb:Battle_of_Gazala gptkb:Battle_of_Mersa_Matruh gptkb:Operation_Acrobat gptkb:Operation_Agreement gptkb:Operation_Battleaxe gptkb:Operation_Beresford gptkb:Operation_Brevity gptkb:Operation_Daffodil gptkb:Operation_Pugilist gptkb:Operation_Squatter gptkb:Operation_Strike gptkb:Operation_Venezia gptkb:Operation_Vulcan gptkb:Capture_of_Tobruk Axis surrender in Tunisia Retreat to El Alamein
gptkbp:notableUnit	gptkb:Long_Range_Desert_Group gptkb:9th_Australian_Division gptkb:Free_French_Brigade gptkb:Special_Air_Service gptkb:Eighth_Army gptkb:1st_Armoured_Division gptkb:1st_South_African_Division gptkb:2nd_New_Zealand_Division gptkb:4th_Indian_Division gptkb:7th_Armoured_Division gptkb:Desert_Air_Force gptkb:Greek_Brigade gptkb:Polish_Independent_Carpathian_Rifle_Brigade
gptkbp:objective	Control of Suez Canal Control of Middle Eastern oil supplies Defeat Axis forces in Africa
gptkbp:opposedBy	gptkb:Italy gptkb:Nazi_Germany
gptkbp:partOf	gptkb:Second_World_War
gptkbp:precededBy	gptkb:Italian_invasion_of_Egypt
gptkbp:result	Allied victory
gptkbp:startDate	1940
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Commander-in-Chief,_Middle_East_Command
gptkbp:bfsLayer	7