Italian invasion of Egypt

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Italian_invasion_of_Egypt
GPTKB entity
Statements (27)
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
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Italian invasion of Egypt
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