Operation Brevity
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title:
Operation Brevity
text:
Operation Brevity was a limited offensive conducted in mid-May 1941, during the Western Desert Campaign of the Second World War. Conceived by the commander-in-chief of the British Middle East Command, General Archibald Wavell, Brevity was intended to be a rapid blow against weak Axis front-line forces in the Sollum–Capuzzo–Bardia area of the border between Egypt and Libya. Although the operation got off to a promising start, throwing the Axis high command into confusion, most of its early gains
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World War II military offensive during the Western Desert Campaign
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Brevity
date created:
2004-09-18T18:53:07Z
date modified:
2024-08-29T07:03:46Z
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