Operation Sonnenblume
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Operation Sonnenblume was the German–Italian military operation in early 1941 that deployed the Afrika Korps to North Africa to stabilize the collapsing Italian front after earlier British successes.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Operation Sonnenblume canonical | 4 |
Statements (39)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
German military operation
ⓘ
Italian military operation ⓘ military operation ⓘ |
| belligerentForceType | armoured units ⓘ |
| campaignPhase | early phase of North African Campaign ⓘ |
| codenameLanguage | German ⓘ |
| codenameMeaning | Sunflower ⓘ |
| commander |
Erwin Rommel
ⓘ
Italo Gariboldi ⓘ |
| conflict |
World War II
ⓘ
surface form:
Second World War
|
| conflictType | land campaign ⓘ |
| countryInvolved |
Kingdom of Italy
ⓘ
Nazi Germany ⓘ |
| endTime | March 1941 ⓘ |
| followed |
Operation Compass
ⓘ
surface form:
British Operation Compass
|
| forceDeployed |
15th Panzer Division
ⓘ
5th Light Division ⓘ German Afrika Korps ⓘ
surface form:
Afrika Korps
|
| front |
Western Desert
ⓘ
surface form:
Western Desert Front
|
| hasPart | deployment of Afrika Korps ⓘ |
| isCodenamedOperation | true ⓘ |
| location | Libya ⓘ |
| militaryBranchInvolved |
German Army
ⓘ
Italian Army (Kingdom of Italy) ⓘ
surface form:
Italian Army
|
| notableCommander | Erwin Rommel ⓘ |
| objective |
halt British advance in Cyrenaica
ⓘ
stabilize Italian front in North Africa ⓘ |
| opponent | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| opponentForce | British Commonwealth forces ⓘ |
| opposedBy | British Eighth Army ⓘ |
| partOf |
North African campaign
ⓘ
surface form:
North African Campaign
|
| precededBy | Italian defeats in North Africa ⓘ |
| result |
Axis stabilization of front in Cyrenaica
ⓘ
renewed Axis offensive in North Africa ⓘ |
| startTime | February 1941 ⓘ |
| strategicContext | Axis attempt to support Italy in North Africa ⓘ |
| strategicGoal | prevent collapse of Italian position in Libya ⓘ |
| theatre | North Africa ⓘ |
| year | 1941 ⓘ |
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Operation Compass