Operation Compass
Operation Compass was the first large Allied military operation of the Western Desert Campaign (1940–1943) during World War II. British and other Commonwealth forces attacked Italian forces in western Egypt and Cyrenaica, the eastern province of Libya, from December 1940 to February 1941, with great success. The Western Desert Force (Lieutenant-General Richard O'Connor) with about 30,000 men, advanced from Mersa Matruh in Egypt on a five-day raid against the Italian positions of the 10th Army (Marshal Rodolfo Graziani), which had about 150,000 men in fortified posts around Sidi Barrani and in Cyrenaica.
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Operation Compass
Operation Compass was the first large Allied military operation of the Western Desert Campaign (1940–1943) during World War II. British and other Commonwealth forces attacked Italian forces in western Egypt and Cyrenaica, the eastern province of Libya, from December 1940 to February 1941, with great success. The Western Desert Force (Lieutenant-General Richard O'Connor) with about 30,000 men, advanced from Mersa Matruh in Egypt on a five-day raid against the Italian positions of the 10th Army (Marshal Rodolfo Graziani), which had about 150,000 men in fortified posts around Sidi Barrani and in Cyrenaica.
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Die Operation Compass war die ...... und Flugzeuge wurden zerstört.
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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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Operacja Compass była pierwszą ...... iszcząc setki czołgów i dział.
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Operatie Compass was een milit ...... en nauwelijks verliezen leden.
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Operation Compass was the firs ...... Campaign in Operation Lustre.
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Operazione Compass (in inglese ...... di reparti corazzati tedeschi.
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Ливийская операция, кодовое на ...... значительную часть Киренаики.
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عملية البوصلة (بالإنجليزية: Op ...... ف الدبابات والمدافع والطائرات.
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コンパス作戦(コンパスさくせん、英: Operation C ...... 半とキレナイカ地方を喪失し、英砂漠軍の優勢が決定的になった。
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1,373 wounded
26 aircraft
500 killed
55 missing
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1940-12-09
1941-02-09
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British victory
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1,600 guns
142 aircraft
150,000 soldiers
331 aircraft
36,000 soldiers
600 tankettes and tanks
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1940-08-02
British Vickers light tanks on desert patrol
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1946-06-13
1946-06-25
1946-07-02
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Recapture of western Egypt and capture of Cyrenaica
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Die Operation Compass war die ...... und Flugzeuge wurden zerstört.
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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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Operacja Compass była pierwszą ...... iszcząc setki czołgów i dział.
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Operatie Compass was een milit ...... en nauwelijks verliezen leden.
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Operation Compass was the firs ...... Sidi Barrani and in Cyrenaica.
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Operazione Compass (in inglese ...... hilometri dal confine libico).
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Ливийская операция, кодовое на ...... кампании Второй мировой войны.
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عملية البوصلة (بالإنجليزية: Op ...... ف الدبابات والمدافع والطائرات.
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コンパス作戦(コンパスさくせん、英: Operation C ...... 半とキレナイカ地方を喪失し、英砂漠軍の優勢が決定的になった。
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Operación Compass
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Operacja Compass
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Operatie Compass
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Operation Compass
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Operation Compass
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Operazione Compass
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Operação Compasso
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Opération Compass
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Ливийская операция
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عملية البوصلة
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Operation Compass
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