Operation Crusader

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World War II battle military operation

Operation Crusader was a major British-led offensive in North Africa in late 1941 aimed at relieving the besieged garrison at Tobruk and pushing back German-Italian forces.

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	World War II battle → military operation →
belligerent	British Empire → Commonwealth forces → Free French Forces → India → New Zealand → South Africa → United Kingdom →
campaign	North African Campaign →
commander	Alan Cunningham → Claude Auchinleck → Neil Ritchie →
conflict	Western Desert Campaign →
endDate	1941-12-30 →
followedBy	Axis counter-offensive of January 1942 →
involvedUnit	13th Corps → 1st South African Division → 2nd New Zealand Division → 30th Corps → 4th Indian Division → 7th Armoured Division → Eighth Army →
location	Cyrenaica → Libya →
notableEngagement	Belhamed → Bir el Gubi → Sidi Rezegh →
objective	defeat Axis armoured forces in Cyrenaica → push Axis forces westwards in North Africa → relieve Tobruk →
opponent	German Afrika Korps → Kingdom of Italy → Nazi Germany → Panzergruppe Afrika →
opposedUnit	15th Panzer Division → 21st Panzer Division → Ariete Armoured Division →
opposingCommander	Erwin Rommel → Ludwig Crüwell →
partOf	British Eighth Army operations → North African Campaign →
precededBy	Operation Battleaxe →
result	Allied victory → Axis withdrawal from Cyrenaica → relief of Tobruk garrison →
startDate	1941-11-18 →
theatre	Western Desert →
year	1941 →

Referenced by (24)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
21st Panzer Division → 2nd New Zealand Division → Eighth Army (United Kingdom) → Italian XX Motorised Corps → XIII Corps → XXX Corps →	engagement
7th Armoured Division → British Eighth Army → Eighth Army → Eighth Army → Western Desert →	notableBattle
15th Panzer Division → DAK → German Afrika Korps →	engagedInBattle
Middle East theatre of World War II → North African campaign → World War II →	hasPart
Operation Battleaxe → Siege of Tobruk →	followedBy
Belhamed →	associatedWith
4th Indian Division →	notableEngagement
British Commonwealth forces →	notableOperation
Ariete Armoured Division →	participatedIn
Battle of Sidi Rezegh →	partOf