Operation Compass
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title:
Operation Compass
text:
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. The Western Desert Force (WDF) with about 36,000 men, advanced from Mersa Matruh in Egypt on a five-day raid against the Italian positions of the 10th A
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encyclopedia
description:
British military offensive against Italy in Egypt and Libya during WWII
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Compass
date created:
2003-04-05T01:33:06Z
date modified:
2024-08-29T07:01:10Z
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