Western Desert Campaign, World War II

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:military_operation
gptkbp:axisForces	gptkb:Afrika_Korps gptkb:Italian_10th_Army
gptkbp:combatant	gptkb:Australia gptkb:British_Commonwealth gptkb:India gptkb:Italy gptkb:Nazi_Germany gptkb:New_Zealand gptkb:South_Africa gptkb:United_Kingdom gptkb:Free_France
gptkbp:commander	gptkb:Erwin_Rommel gptkb:Neil_Ritchie gptkb:Rodolfo_Graziani Archibald Wavell Bernard Montgomery Claude Auchinleck
gptkbp:conflict	gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:endDate	1943
gptkbp:followedBy	gptkb:Tunisian_Campaign
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Western Desert Campaign, World War II
gptkbp:location	gptkb:Libya gptkb:Western_Desert,_Egypt
gptkbp:mainAlliedPower	gptkb:Eighth_Army gptkb:Western_Desert_Force
gptkbp:notableBattle	gptkb:Operation_Compass gptkb:Battle_of_El_Alamein gptkb:Battle_of_Gazala gptkb:Siege_of_Tobruk gptkb:Operation_Crusader
gptkbp:notableEvent	gptkb:Operation_Supercharge gptkb:Second_Battle_of_El_Alamein gptkb:Operation_Sonnenblume gptkb:Operation_Battleaxe gptkb:Operation_Brevity gptkb:Operation_Vulcan gptkb:Capture_of_Tobruk Allied counter-offensive Retreat to El Alamein Axis advance to Egypt
gptkbp:partOf	gptkb:North_African_Campaign
gptkbp:precededBy	gptkb:Italian_invasion_of_Egypt
gptkbp:result	Allied victory
gptkbp:significance	Access to Middle Eastern oil Control of North Africa Securing Suez Canal
gptkbp:startDate	1940
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Sahara_(1943)
gptkbp:bfsLayer	7