Fort Capuzzo

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desert fort military fortification

Fort Capuzzo was an Italian-built desert fort near the Libya–Egypt border that became a strategically important and fiercely contested strongpoint during the North African Campaign of World War II.

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Label Occurrences
Fort Capuzzo canonical 3

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf desert fort ⓘ
military fortification ⓘ
battles Battle of Fort Capuzzo ⓘ
Operation Battleaxe ⓘ
Operation Compass ⓘ
Operation Crusader ⓘ
North African campaign ⓘ
surface form: Western Desert Campaign
capturedBy Australian Army ⓘ
surface form: Australian forces

British forces ⓘ
German forces ⓘ
Italian forces ⓘ
New Zealand forces ⓘ
constructedBy Kingdom of Italy ⓘ
contested Allied forces ⓘ
surface form: Allied powers

Axis powers ⓘ
controlledBy Commonwealth of Nations ⓘ
Germany ⓘ
Italy ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
country Italy ⓘ
distanceToEgyptianBorder a few kilometres ⓘ
garrisonedBy British Army ⓘ
Commonwealth forces ⓘ
German Afrika Korps ⓘ
Italian Army (Kingdom of Italy) ⓘ
surface form: Italian Army

Regio Esercito ⓘ
hasFeature defensive positions ⓘ
internal buildings ⓘ
perimeter walls ⓘ
laterFunction logistical base ⓘ
strongpoint ⓘ
locatedIn Libya ⓘ
locatedNear Egypt ⓘ
Fort Maddalena ⓘ
locatedOn Via Balbia ⓘ
location Cyrenaica ⓘ
Egypt–Libya border region ⓘ
surface form: Libya–Egypt border
material stone ⓘ
nearbySettlement Bardia ⓘ
Sollum ⓘ
originalFunction border post ⓘ
police post ⓘ
partOf Italian frontier fort system in North Africa ⓘ
strategicImportance base for raids and patrols in Western Desert ⓘ
control of Libya–Egypt frontier ⓘ
theatreOfWar Western Desert ⓘ
timePeriod 1940s ⓘ
usedDuring North African campaign ⓘ
surface form: North African Campaign

World War II ⓘ
surface form: Second World War

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Operation Battleaxe → notableEngagement → Fort Capuzzo ⓘ
Operation Brevity → frontLineArea → Fort Capuzzo ⓘ
Hafid Ridge → nearbyLocality → Fort Capuzzo ⓘ