Operation Compass

Quando

9 de dez. de 1940 – 9 de fev. de 1941

Tipo

Operação militar

Coordenadas

31.61° N, 25.93° E

Description

1940 military operation

World War II British military operation

Operation Compass was the first large British military operation of the Western Desert Campaign (1940–1943) during the Second World War. British metropolitan, Imperial and Commonwealth forces attacked the Italian and Libyan forces of the 10th Army in western Egypt and Cyrenaica, the eastern province of Libya, from December 1940 to February 1941.

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• Wikidata: military operations, raids and air strikesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Página da fonte
• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · registra como “WWII: Operation Compass – British forces in North Africa begin their first major offensive, with an attack on Italian forces at Sidi Barrani, Egypt”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Página da fonte
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · registra como “Unter der Leitung von Richard O’Connor beginnt mit einer Reihe von Luftschlägen die Operation Compass, eine britische Gegenoffensive gegen die Italiener in…”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Página da fonte
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · registra como “début de l’opération Compass”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Página da fonte
• Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · registra como “В ходе операции «Компас» британцы захватили город Сиди-Баррани”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Página da fonte