General Officer Commanding Cyrenaica Command

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General Officer Commanding Cyrenaica Command was the senior British Army post responsible for leading and coordinating military operations in the Cyrenaica region of North Africa during the Second World War.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British Army appointment
military position
appliesToJurisdiction Cyrenaica
commanded British Army units in Cyrenaica
commandStructure Cyrenaica Command
linked to: Cyrenaica campaign
conflict Second World War
linked to: World War II

Western Desert campaign
country United Kingdom
hasRole operational command
senior army command
theatre command
hierarchicalPosition senior regional command
location Cyrenaica
North Africa
militaryBranch army
notablePeriod early 1940s
operatedIn Libya
Middle East theatre of World War II
partOf British Army
British forces in the Western Desert
responsibleFor coordinating British Army operations in Cyrenaica
land forces in Cyrenaica
leading British Army operations in Cyrenaica
service British Army
temporalCoverage Second World War
linked to: World War II
typeOfJurisdiction geographical military command

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Philip Neame positionHeld General Officer Commanding Cyrenaica Command