Operation Compass
Operation Compass (also la battaglia della Marmarica) was the first large British military operation of the Western Desert Campaign (1940–1943) during the Second World War. British, Indian, Commonwealth and Allied forces attacked Italian forces of the 10th Army (Marshal Rodolfo Graziani) in western Egypt and Cyrenaica, the eastern province of Libya, from December 1940 to February 1941.
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Operation Compass
Operation Compass (also la battaglia della Marmarica) was the first large British military operation of the Western Desert Campaign (1940–1943) during the Second World War. British, Indian, Commonwealth and Allied forces attacked Italian forces of the 10th Army (Marshal Rodolfo Graziani) in western Egypt and Cyrenaica, the eastern province of Libya, from December 1940 to February 1941.
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A Operação Compasso (em inglês ...... e da Luftwaffe, forças alemãs.
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L'Operació Compass, en anglès: ...... una retirada italiana massiva.
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L'Operazione Compass (in ingle ...... fino alla primavera del 1943.
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L'opération Compass est le nom ...... nt la Seconde Guerre mondiale.
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La Operación Compass fue la re ...... Italiano por una fuerza menor.
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Operace Compass byla první vel ...... Severní Afriky zcela rozpadly.
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Operacja Compass – pierwsza wi ...... iszcząc setki czołgów i dział.
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Operasi Compass adalah operasi ...... 1941, dengan kesuksesan besar.
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Operatie Compass was een milit ...... en nauwelijks verliezen leden.
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Operation Compass (also la bat ...... hes Afrikakorps and Luftwaffe.
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1,373 wounded
26 aircraft
500 killed
55 missing
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1940-12-09
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British victory
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1,600 guns
142 aircraft
150,000 men
331 aircraft
36,000 men
600 armored vehicles
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British Light Tanks Mk VI on patrol
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* Italian Libya
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Annibale Bergonzoli
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Archibald Wavell
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Giuseppe Tellera
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Henry Wilson
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Iven Mackay
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Pietro Maletti
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Richard O'Connor
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Rodolfo Graziani
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Operation Compass
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the Western Desert Campaign of the Second World War
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Sidi Barrani, Egypt to El Agheila, Libya
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British victory
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Recapture of western Egypt and occupation of Cyrenaica
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A Operação Compasso (em inglês ...... o de 1940 a fevereiro de 1941.
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L'Operació Compass, en anglès: ...... una retirada italiana massiva.
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L'Operazione Compass (in ingle ...... Barrani, Bir Sofafi e Bardia.
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L'opération Compass est le nom ...... nt la Seconde Guerre mondiale.
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La Operación Compass fue la re ...... Italiano por una fuerza menor.
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Operace Compass byla první vel ...... ých čelit britským protějškům.
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Operacja Compass – pierwsza wi ...... iszcząc setki czołgów i dział.
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Operasi Compass adalah operasi ...... 1941, dengan kesuksesan besar.
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Operatie Compass was een milit ...... en nauwelijks verliezen leden.
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Operation Compass (also la bat ...... ecember 1940 to February 1941.
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