Operation Sonnenblume

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German military operation Italian military operation military operation

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.

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	Second World War →
conflictType	land campaign →
countryInvolved	Kingdom of Italy → Nazi Germany →
endTime	March 1941 →
followed	British Operation Compass →
forceDeployed	15th Panzer Division → 5th Light Division → Afrika Korps →
front	Western Desert Front →
hasPart	deployment of Afrika Korps →
isCodenamedOperation	true →
location	Libya →
militaryBranchInvolved	German Army → 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 →
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 (2)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Operation Compass → Operation Compass →	followedBy