Italian invasion of Egypt

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

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:military_operation
gptkbp:casualties	British: ~150 killed, 320 wounded Italian: ~530 killed, 1,600 wounded
gptkbp:combatant	gptkb:British_Empire gptkb:Kingdom_of_Italy gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:commander	gptkb:Rodolfo_Graziani Archibald Wavell
gptkbp:endDate	16 September 1940
gptkbp:followedBy	gptkb:Operation_Compass
gptkbp:location	gptkb:Egypt gptkb:Western_Desert
gptkbp:notableEvent	gptkb:Italian_occupation_of_Sidi_Barrani Stalemate in Western Desert
gptkbp:objective	gptkb:Capture_of_Sidi_Barrani Advance towards the Suez Canal
gptkbp:opposedBy	gptkb:British_Western_Desert_Force gptkb:Italian_10th_Army
gptkbp:partOf	gptkb:World_War_II gptkb:Western_Desert_Campaign
gptkbp:precededBy	Italian declaration of war on Britain and France
gptkbp:result	gptkb:British_counter-offensive_(Operation_Compass) Italian advance halted
gptkbp:startDate	9 September 1940
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:North_African_Campaign
gptkbp:bfsLayer	4
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Italian invasion of Egypt