Suez Canal Campaign

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf military campaign
gptkbp:aftermath Formation of the United Nations
Cultural representations in media
Development of air power doctrine
Impact on military technology
Lessons learned in desert warfare
Suez Crisis of 1956
Changes in naval strategy
Influence on decolonization
Cold_War_dynamics
Military_reforms_in_Britain
Increased_US_involvement_in_the_region
Continued_conflict_in_North_Africa
Impact_on_British_Empire
Impact_on_post-war_Middle_East
Legacy_of_military_cooperation_among_Allies
Rise_of_nationalism_in_Egypt
Shift_in_British_military_strategy
gptkbp:casualties High
gptkbp:commander gptkb:Field_Marshal_Erwin_Rommel
gptkb:General_Sir_Archibald_Wavell
gptkbp:date 1940
gptkbp:followedBy Second Battle of El Alamein
gptkbp:historicalContext gptkb:Operation_Crusader
gptkb:Operation_Compass
gptkb:Battle_of_Britain
gptkb:Italian_invasion_of_Egypt
gptkb:North_African_Campaign
gptkb:German_Afrika_Korps
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Suez Canal Campaign
gptkbp:involved gptkb:German_forces
gptkb:Commonwealth_forces
gptkb:Italian_forces
gptkbp:involves gptkb:British_Empire
gptkb:Egypt
Axis powers
gptkbp:location gptkb:Suez_Canal
gptkbp:militaryRank Air superiority
Encirclement
Flanking maneuvers
Supply line disruption
gptkbp:notableBattle gptkb:Battle_of_Sidi_Barrani
Battle of Tobruk
Siege of Tobruk
Battle of Bardia
gptkbp:outcome Allied_victory
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:Western_Desert_Campaign
gptkbp:resultedIn gptkb:British_control_of_the_Suez_Canal
gptkbp:significance Strategic_control_of_the_Mediterranean
gptkbp:tactics Blitzkrieg tactics