Battle of Gazala

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World War II battle battle

The Battle of Gazala was a major World War II confrontation in 1942 near Tobruk in Libya, where Erwin Rommel’s Afrika Korps defeated British-led forces and paved the way for the fall of Tobruk.

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Label Occurrences
Battle of Gazala canonical 40
Battle of Ain el-Gazala (preliminary actions) 1
Battle of Gazala–Bir Hakeim 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf World War II battle ⓘ
battle ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Battle of Gazala ⓘ
surface form: Battle of Gazala–Bir Hakeim
belligerent Axis powers ⓘ
British Empire ⓘ
Dominion of South Africa ⓘ
Free French Forces ⓘ
British India ⓘ
surface form: India (British India)

Kingdom of Italy ⓘ
Nazi Germany ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
casualtiesAndLosses heavy on both sides ⓘ
combatantCommander Claude Auchinleck ⓘ
Erwin Rommel ⓘ
Ettore Baldassarre ⓘ
Ludwig Crüwell ⓘ
Neil Ritchie ⓘ
conflict North African campaign ⓘ
surface form: Western Desert Campaign
consequence Axis advance into Egypt ⓘ
capture of large Allied supplies at Tobruk ⓘ
fall of Tobruk on 1942-06-21 ⓘ
country Libya ⓘ
date 1942-05-26 ⓘ
endDate 1942-06-21 ⓘ
followedBy Battle of Tobruk (1942) ⓘ
surface form: Fall of Tobruk

Battle of El Alamein ⓘ
surface form: First Battle of El Alamein
front Western Desert ⓘ
surface form: Western Desert Front
location Cyrenaica ⓘ
surface form: Cyrenaica, Libya

near Gazala, Libya ⓘ
notableEngagement Cauldron battles ⓘ
Battle of Bir Hakeim ⓘ
surface form: defence of Bir Hakeim
notableFor collapse of British Gazala Line defences ⓘ
use of mobile armoured tactics by Erwin Rommel ⓘ
outcome Axis breakthrough of Gazala Line ⓘ
partOf North African campaign ⓘ
surface form: North African Campaign
precededBy Battle of Gazala self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Battle of Ain el-Gazala (preliminary actions)
primaryAlliedFormation 13th Corps ⓘ
surface form: 13th Corps (British Army)

30th Corps ⓘ
surface form: 30th Corps (British Army)

Eighth Army (United Kingdom) ⓘ
primaryAxisFormation German Afrika Korps ⓘ
surface form: Deutsches Afrikakorps

Italian XX Motorised Corps ⓘ
Panzer Army Africa ⓘ
surface form: Panzerarmee Afrika
result Axis victory ⓘ
startDate 1942-05-26 ⓘ
strategicObjective capture of Tobruk ⓘ
expulsion of Allied forces from Cyrenaica ⓘ
theatre North African campaign ⓘ
surface form: North African theatre of World War II
war World War II ⓘ
year 1942 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

North African campaign → hasPart → Battle of Gazala ⓘ
North African campaign → notableBattle → Battle of Gazala ⓘ
Eighth Army (United Kingdom) → engagement → Battle of Gazala ⓘ
Panzer Army Africa → battle → Battle of Gazala ⓘ
Desert Fox → associatedWithBattles → Battle of Gazala ⓘ
German Afrika Korps → engagedInBattle → Battle of Gazala ⓘ
British 50th (Northumbrian) Infantry Division → notableEngagement → Battle of Gazala ⓘ
Battle of Gazala → alsoKnownAs → Battle of Gazala ⓘ
this entity surface form: Battle of Gazala–Bir Hakeim
Battle of Gazala → precededBy → Battle of Gazala self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Battle of Ain el-Gazala (preliminary actions)
Italian XX Motorised Corps → engagement → Battle of Gazala ⓘ
Italian Ariete Division → battle → Battle of Gazala ⓘ
Western Desert → notableBattle → Battle of Gazala ⓘ
British Eighth Army → notableBattle → Battle of Gazala ⓘ
8th Army → notableBattle → Battle of Gazala ⓘ
subject surface form: Eighth Army
Battle of Bir Hakeim → partOf → Battle of Gazala ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gazala battles
Battle of Tobruk (1942) → precededBy → Battle of Gazala ⓘ
13th Corps → engagement → Battle of Gazala ⓘ
subject surface form: XIII Corps
DAK → engagedInBattle → Battle of Gazala ⓘ
World War II battles → hasNotableBattle → Battle of Gazala ⓘ
Ariete Armoured Division → participatedIn → Battle of Gazala ⓘ
German 21st Panzer Division (nearby) → participatedIn → Battle of Gazala ⓘ
subject surface form: 21st Panzer Division
1st South African Division → participatedIn → Battle of Gazala ⓘ
21st Panzer Division → engagement → Battle of Gazala ⓘ
German-Italian Panzer Army → engagedIn → Battle of Gazala ⓘ
15th Panzer Division → engagedInBattle → Battle of Gazala ⓘ
90th Light Africa Division → notableEngagement → Battle of Gazala ⓘ
Middle East theatre of World War II → hasPart → Battle of Gazala ⓘ
Tobruk → eventLocation → Battle of Gazala ⓘ
Eighth Army → notableBattle → Battle of Gazala ⓘ
102nd Motorised Division Trento → notableEngagement → Battle of Gazala ⓘ
Polish Independent Carpathian Rifle Brigade → notableEngagement → Battle of Gazala ⓘ
Italian Army in North Africa → engagedIn → Battle of Gazala ⓘ
Battle of Mersa Matruh → precededBy → Battle of Gazala ⓘ
Battle of Minqar Qaim → precededBy → Battle of Gazala ⓘ
British 22nd Armoured Brigade → participatedIn → Battle of Gazala ⓘ
Desert Rats (informal) → engagedInBattle → Battle of Gazala ⓘ
subject surface form: Desert Rats
Heeresgruppe Afrika → notableBattle → Battle of Gazala ⓘ
Italian XXI Corps → engagement → Battle of Gazala ⓘ
African Theater → hasPart → Battle of Gazala ⓘ
23rd Armoured Brigade → notableEngagement → Battle of Gazala ⓘ
Libyan campaign → hasPart → Battle of Gazala ⓘ
General Officer Commanding 50th (Northumbrian) Infantry Division → notableEngagement → Battle of Gazala ⓘ
M3 Lee tank → usedInBattle → Battle of Gazala ⓘ
subject surface form: M3 Lee