Operation Sonnenblume
Operation Sonnenblume (Unternehmen Sonnenblume/Operation Sunflower) was the name given to the dispatch of German troops to North Africa in February 1941, during the Second World War. The Italian 10th Army had been destroyed by the British, Commonwealth, Empire and Allied Western Desert Force attacks during Operation Compass (9 December 1940 – 9 February 1941). The first units of the new Deutsches Afrikakorps (DAK, Generalleutnant Erwin Rommel) departed Naples for Africa and arrived on 11 February 1941. (In the English-speaking world, the term Afrika Korps became a generic title for German forces in North Africa.) On 14 February, advanced units of the 5th Light Afrika Division (later renamed the 21st Panzer Division), Aufklärungsbataillon 3 (Reconnaissance Battalion 3) and Panzerjägerabteil
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Operation Sonnenblume
Operation Sonnenblume (Unternehmen Sonnenblume/Operation Sunflower) was the name given to the dispatch of German troops to North Africa in February 1941, during the Second World War. The Italian 10th Army had been destroyed by the British, Commonwealth, Empire and Allied Western Desert Force attacks during Operation Compass (9 December 1940 – 9 February 1941). The first units of the new Deutsches Afrikakorps (DAK, Generalleutnant Erwin Rommel) departed Naples for Africa and arrived on 11 February 1941. (In the English-speaking world, the term Afrika Korps became a generic title for German forces in North Africa.) On 14 February, advanced units of the 5th Light Afrika Division (later renamed the 21st Panzer Division), Aufklärungsbataillon 3 (Reconnaissance Battalion 3) and Panzerjägerabteil
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Durant la Seconde Guerre mondi ...... par les Britanniques en Libye.
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L'operazione Sonnenblume (trad ...... e oramai in disfatta in Libia.
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La Operación Sonnenblume consi ...... on a África.
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Operasi Sonnenblume (Unternehm ...... kirim ke garis depan di Sirte.
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Operatie Sonnenblume (Nederlan ...... uitse troepen in Noord-Afrika.
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Operation Sonnenblume (Unterne ...... ld have been more prudent...".
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Unternehmen Sonnenblume war de ...... in Nordafrika im Februar 1941.
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Η Επιχείρηση Ηλιοτρόπιο ήταν η ...... αν πόλεμο δύο ετών γνωστό ως .
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Операция «Зонненблюме» (нем. U ...... м в Ливии в феврале 1941 года.
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Операція «Зоненблуме» (укр. Со ...... у числі 15-та танкова дивізія.
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103–107 tanks (some temporary)
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1941-05-25
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Axisvictory
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1 armoured brigade (understrength)
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3 brigades
Elements of 2 German divisions
Elements of 5 Italian divisions
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Cooper
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Playfair
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Map showing the area and events of Operation Sonnenblume
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per cent tank losses
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Archibald Wavell
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Erwin Rommel
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Italo Gariboldi
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Philip Neame
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/Operation Sunflower
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the Western Desert Campaign of the Second World War
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Cyrenaica, Libya
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Axis victory
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Elements of 2 German divisions
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Elements of 5 Italian divisions
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Cyrenaica re-captured by Axis, Tobruk besieged
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Cyrenaica Command
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Durant la Seconde Guerre mondi ...... par les Britanniques en Libye.
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L'operazione Sonnenblume (trad ...... e oramai in disfatta in Libia.
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La Operación Sonnenblume consi ...... rota segura.
* Datos: Q708223
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Operasi Sonnenblume (Unternehm ...... kirim ke garis depan di Sirte.
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Operatie Sonnenblume (Nederlan ...... de strategisch sterke Britten.
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Operation Sonnenblume (Unterne ...... alion 3) and Panzerjägerabteil
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Unternehmen Sonnenblume war de ...... in Nordafrika im Februar 1941.
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Η Επιχείρηση Ηλιοτρόπιο ήταν η ...... αν πόλεμο δύο ετών γνωστό ως .
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Операция «Зонненблюме» (нем. U ...... м в Ливии в феврале 1941 года.
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Операція «Зоненблуме» (укр. Со ...... мії під час Операції «Компас».
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Operación Sonnenblume
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Operacja Sonnenblume
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Operasi Sonnenblume
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Operatie Sonnenblume
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Operation Sonnenblume
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Operazione Sonnenblume
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Opération Sonnenblume
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Unternehmen Sonnenblume
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Επιχείρηση ηλιοτρόπιο
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Операция «Зонненблюме»
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/Operation Sunflower
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