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gptkbp:instanceOf
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gptkb:military_operation
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gptkbp:combatant
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gptkb:Allied_Powers
gptkb:Axis_Powers
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gptkbp:commanded
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gptkb:Dwight_D._Eisenhower
gptkb:Erwin_Rommel
Bernard Montgomery
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gptkbp:conflict
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gptkb:war
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gptkbp:endDate
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1943
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gptkbp:followedBy
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gptkb:Allied_invasion_of_Sicily
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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North Africa 1940–43
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gptkbp:involvedCountry
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gptkb:Australia
gptkb:Canada
gptkb:Czechoslovakia
gptkb:France
gptkb:Germany
gptkb:Greece
gptkb:India
gptkb:Italy
gptkb:New_Zealand
gptkb:Poland
gptkb:South_Africa
gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkb:United_States
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gptkbp:location
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gptkb:North_Africa
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gptkbp:notableBattle
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gptkb:Operation_Torch
gptkb:Battle_of_Gazala
gptkb:Second_Battle_of_El_Alamein
gptkb:Siege_of_Tobruk
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gptkbp:notableEvent
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gptkb:Kasserine_Pass
gptkb:Battle_of_Alam_el_Halfa
gptkb:Battle_of_Mersa_Matruh
gptkb:Battle_of_Bardia
capture of Tripoli
Axis surrender in Tunisia
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gptkbp:objective
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control of Suez Canal
access to Middle Eastern oil
control of North Africa
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gptkbp:opposedBy
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gptkb:U.S._Army
gptkb:Italian_Army
gptkb:British_Eighth_Army
gptkb:German_Afrika_Korps
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gptkbp:partOf
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gptkb:World_War_II
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gptkbp:precededBy
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gptkb:Italian_invasion_of_Egypt
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gptkbp:result
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Allied victory
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gptkbp:significance
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turning point in World War II
first major Allied victory over Axis
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gptkbp:startDate
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1940
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:No._33_Squadron_RAF
gptkb:4th_Battalion,_Royal_New_South_Wales_Regiment
gptkb:9th/12th_Royal_Lancers_(Prince_of_Wales's)
gptkb:No._237_Squadron_RAF
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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8
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