Operation Brevity
Operation Brevity was a limited offensive conducted in mid-May 1941, during the Western Desert Campaign of the Second World War. Conceived by the commander-in-chief of the British Middle East Command, General Archibald Wavell, Brevity was intended to be a rapid blow against weak Axis front-line forces in the Sollum–Capuzzo–Bardia area of the border between Egypt and Libya. Although the operation got off to a promising start, throwing the Axis high command into confusion, most of its early gains were lost to local counter-attacks, and with German reinforcements being rushed to the front the operation was called off after one day.
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Operation Brevity
Operation Brevity was a limited offensive conducted in mid-May 1941, during the Western Desert Campaign of the Second World War. Conceived by the commander-in-chief of the British Middle East Command, General Archibald Wavell, Brevity was intended to be a rapid blow against weak Axis front-line forces in the Sollum–Capuzzo–Bardia area of the border between Egypt and Libya. Although the operation got off to a promising start, throwing the Axis high command into confusion, most of its early gains were lost to local counter-attacks, and with German reinforcements being rushed to the front the operation was called off after one day.
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L'operazione Brevity fu un'off ...... giorno 16 poté dirsi fallito.
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La Operación Brevity fue una f ...... denominado Operación Skorpion.
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L’opération Brevity est une op ...... s de la bataille d'El Agheila.
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Operacja Brevity (15 maja 1941 ...... ej na celu wyzwolenie Tobruku.
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Operatie Brevity was een milit ...... ijven naar de oude stellingen.
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Operation Brevity was a limite ...... pion, a German counter-attack.
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Операция «Brevity» (англ. Oper ...... во время Второй мировой войны.
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206+ casualties
5 tanks destroyed
6 aircraft destroyed
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1941-05-16
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3 infantry battalions
30–50 tanks
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The Egyptian and Libyan border over which Operation Brevity was conducted.
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1946-07-02
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L'operazione Brevity fu un'off ...... ollum, Forte Capuzzo e Bardia.
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La Operación Brevity fue una f ...... ndo los refuerzos alemanes lle
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L’opération Brevity est une op ...... s de la bataille d'El Agheila.
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Operacja Brevity (15 maja 1941 ...... ej na celu wyzwolenie Tobruku.
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Operatie Brevity was een milit ...... ijven naar de oude stellingen.
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Operation Brevity was a limite ...... was called off after one day.
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Операция «Brevity» (англ. Oper ...... во время Второй мировой войны.
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Operación Brevity
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Operacja Brevity
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Operatie Brevity
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Operation Brevity
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Operazione Brevity
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Opération Brevity
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Операция «Brevity»
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