Battle of Mechili

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battle military engagement

The Battle of Mechili was a 1941 engagement in Libya during the North African campaign of World War II, in which Axis forces encircled and defeated a withdrawing British-led column near the desert fort of Mechili.

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Label Occurrences
Battle of Mechili canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf battle ⓘ
military engagement ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Action at Mechili ⓘ
belligerent Australia ⓘ
India ⓘ
Kingdom of Italy ⓘ
Nazi Germany ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
campaign Cyrenaica campaign ⓘ
captured Philip Neame NERFINISHED ⓘ
Richard O’Connor NERFINISHED ⓘ
combatant Axis ⓘ
surface form: Axis forces

British Empire armed forces ⓘ
surface form: British Empire forces
commandedBy Erwin Rommel ⓘ
Gambier-Parry ⓘ
Philip Neame NERFINISHED ⓘ
Richard O’Connor NERFINISHED ⓘ
conflict World War II ⓘ
surface form: Second World War
country Italian Libya ⓘ
date 1941 ⓘ
description Axis forces encircled and defeated a withdrawing British-led column near the desert fort of Mechili ⓘ
endDate 1941-04-08 ⓘ
followedBy Battle of Derna (1941) ⓘ
Siege of Tobruk ⓘ
follows Axis counter-offensive in Cyrenaica ⓘ
front Western Front of the North African campaign ⓘ
involves 2nd Armoured Division (United Kingdom) ⓘ
German Afrika Korps ⓘ
surface form: Afrika Korps

Australian 9th Division ⓘ
surface form: Australian 9th Division elements

Indian 3rd Motor Brigade ⓘ
location Libya ⓘ
Mechili ⓘ
natureOfEncirclement mobile desert warfare ⓘ
notableFor capture of senior British commanders ⓘ
encirclement of British-led column ⓘ
objective delay Axis advance in Cyrenaica ⓘ
opponent German Afrika Korps ⓘ
surface form: Afrika Korps

Italian forces in North Africa ⓘ
partOf North African campaign ⓘ
North African campaign ⓘ
surface form: Western Desert campaign
precededBy Operation Compass ⓘ
result Axis victory ⓘ
startDate 1941-04-06 ⓘ
strategicEffect contributed to rapid Axis advance to Tobruk ⓘ
theatre North African campaign ⓘ
surface form: North African theatre of World War II

Western Desert ⓘ
typeOfWarfare armoured warfare ⓘ
combined arms ⓘ
year 1941 ⓘ

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Middle East theatre of World War II → hasPart → Battle of Mechili ⓘ
Italian Tenth Army → notableEngagement → Battle of Mechili ⓘ