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gptkbp:instance_of
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gptkb:battle
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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6
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Desert_Rats
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gptkbp:aftermath
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Axis forces advanced into Egypt
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gptkbp:casualties
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Allied forces approximately 50,000
Axis forces approximately 30,000
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gptkbp:combatant
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gptkb:Axis_forces
gptkb:Allied_forces
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gptkbp:commander
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gptkb:General_Sir_Claude_Auchinleck
gptkb:Field_Marshal_Erwin_Rommel
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gptkbp:date
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June 21, 1942
May 26, 1942
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gptkbp:duration
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26 days
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gptkbp:filmography
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gptkb:North_African_Campaign
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gptkbp:historical_context
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Part of the larger Western Desert Campaign
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gptkbp:historical_significance
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Turning point in North African Campaign
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Gazala
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gptkbp:involved_units
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gptkb:British_11th_Infantry_Division
gptkb:British_30th_Infantry_Division
gptkb:British_25th_Infantry_Division
gptkb:British_7th_Infantry_Division
gptkb:British_35th_Infantry_Division
gptkb:British_18th_Infantry_Division
gptkb:British_19th_Infantry_Division
gptkb:British_49th_Infantry_Division
gptkb:Commonwealth_forces
gptkb:British_12th_Infantry_Division
gptkb:British_10th_Infantry_Division
gptkb:British_27th_Infantry_Division
gptkb:British_29th_Infantry_Division
gptkb:British_7th_Armoured_Division
gptkb:Free_French_Forces
gptkb:Luftwaffe
gptkb:British_45th_Infantry_Division
gptkb:Italian_Army
gptkb:British_50th_Infantry_Division
gptkb:British_1st_Armoured_Division
gptkb:British_28th_Infantry_Division
gptkb:British_33rd_Infantry_Division
gptkb:British_14th_Infantry_Division
gptkb:British_31st_Infantry_Division
gptkb:New_Zealand_Division
gptkb:British_15th_Infantry_Division
gptkb:British_17th_Infantry_Division
gptkb:British_36th_Infantry_Division
gptkb:8th_Army
gptkb:British_23rd_Infantry_Division
gptkb:British_22nd_Infantry_Division
gptkb:British_51st_Highland_Division
gptkb:British_20th_Infantry_Division
gptkb:South_African_Brigade
gptkb:British_39th_Infantry_Division
gptkb:British_24th_Infantry_Division
gptkb:British_37th_Infantry_Division
gptkb:British_4th_Armoured_Brigade
gptkb:British_26th_Infantry_Division
gptkb:British_9th_Infantry_Division
gptkb:military_base
gptkb:British_34th_Infantry_Division
gptkb:British_42nd_Infantry_Division
gptkb:Afrika_Korps
gptkb:British_38th_Infantry_Division
gptkb:British_32nd_Infantry_Division
gptkb:British_2nd_Armoured_Brigade
gptkb:German_15th_Panzer_Division
gptkb:Italian_20th_Corps
British 21st Infantry Division
British 43rd Infantry Division
British 44th Infantry Division
British 16th Infantry Division
British 48th Infantry Division
British 47th Infantry Division
British 41st Infantry Division
British 46th Infantry Division
British 13th Infantry Division
British 40th Infantry Division
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gptkbp:location
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gptkb:Libya
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gptkbp:notable_event
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gptkb:Operation_Crusader
gptkb:Battle_of_Bir_Hakeim
gptkb:Battle_of_Gazala_Line
gptkb:Battle_of_Knightsbridge
gptkb:Operation_Venezia
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gptkbp:part_of
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gptkb:World_War_II
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gptkbp:preceded_by
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gptkb:Battle_of_Tobruk
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gptkbp:result
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Axis victory
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gptkbp:significance
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Strategic victory for Axis powers
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gptkbp:strategic_importance
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Control of the port of Tobruk
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gptkbp:succeeded_by
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gptkb:First_Battle_of_El_Alamein
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gptkbp:tactics
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Flanking maneuvers
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gptkbp:technology
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gptkb:aircraft
gptkb:military_unit
gptkb:tank
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gptkbp:type
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tank battle
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