Operation Crusader
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operation-crusader-170-847251
title:
Operation Crusader
text:
Operation Crusader was a military operation of the Western Desert Campaign during the Second World War by the British Eighth Army against the Axis forces in North Africa commanded by Generalleutnant (Lieutenant-General) Erwin Rommel. The operation was intended to bypass Axis defences on the Egyptian–Libyan frontier, defeat the Axis armoured forces near Tobruk, raise the Siege of Tobruk and re-occupy Cyrenaica. On 18 November 1941, the Eighth Army began a surprise attack. From 18 to 22 November,
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Allied attack against Axis, North Africa, WWII, 1941
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Crusader
date created:
2004-03-11T14:09:57Z
date modified:
2024-09-01T04:02:49Z
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