Operation Brevity, 1941

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الاسم الرئيس (باللاتينية)
Operation Brevity, 1941
صِيَغ اسمية أخرى
Brevity, Operation, 1941
إحداثيات
25.05222222 25.05222222 31.58083333 31.58083333 (gooearth )
موضوع ذو صلة
World War, 1939-1945 Campaigns Africa, North
Tobruk, Battles of Tobruk, Libya, 1941-1942
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Wikidata: Q764714
Library of congress: sh2010009095
مصادر المعلومات
  • Work cat.: Tobruk 1941, c2004:p. 65 (BG William Henry Ewart 'Strafer' Gott commanded the British Mobile Force during Operation Brevity) p. 66, etc. (Operation Brevity, 15-16 May 1941; Operation Brevity's goal was to drive the Germans from Sollum [Egypt] and Capuzzo so that Gen. Sir Wavell's "Battleaxe" offensive could take Tobruk)
  • BBC website, May 14, 2010:WW2 fact file (Operation Brevity, 15 to 27 May 1941; Theatre: North Africa; Location: Cyrenaica (the eastern province of Libya), on the border with Egypt. Players: Allies: Lieutenant General Noel Beresford-Peirse's 13th Corps consisting of 7th Armoured Division and 4th Indian Division. Axis: General Erwin Rommel's Deutsches Afrika Korps including 5th Light Division and three Italian divisions (Ariete, Brescia, Trento) Outcome: A failed attempt to relieve the siege of Tobruk)