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gptkbp:instanceOf
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gptkb:military_operation
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gptkbp:alsoKnownAs
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gptkb:Desert_War
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gptkbp:casualties
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hundreds of thousands
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gptkbp:combatant
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gptkb:British_Commonwealth
gptkb:Italy
gptkb:Nazi_Germany
gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkb:United_States
gptkb:Free_France
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gptkbp:commander
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gptkb:Dwight_D._Eisenhower
gptkb:Erwin_Rommel
gptkb:Albert_Kesselring
Bernard Montgomery
Claude Auchinleck
Harold Alexander
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gptkbp:endDate
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13 May 1943
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gptkbp:followedBy
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gptkb:Italian_Campaign
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gptkbp:involves
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gptkb:Allied_powers
gptkb:Axis_powers
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gptkbp:location
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gptkb:Algeria
gptkb:Egypt
gptkb:Libya
gptkb:Morocco
gptkb:North_Africa
gptkb:Tunisia
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gptkbp:notableBattle
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gptkb:Operation_Torch
gptkb:Battle_of_Alam_el_Halfa
gptkb:Battle_of_Gazala
gptkb:Battle_of_Kasserine_Pass
gptkb:Battle_of_Mersa_Matruh
gptkb:Battle_of_Tunisia
gptkb:Second_Battle_of_El_Alamein
gptkb:Siege_of_Tobruk
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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:Western_Desert_campaign
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gptkbp:result
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Allied victory
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gptkbp:significance
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Access to Middle Eastern oil
Control of Suez Canal
Strategic Mediterranean control
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gptkbp:startDate
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10 June 1940
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Second_Washington_Conference
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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7
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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North Africa campaign
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