Tobruk

E89452
city

Tobruk is a strategic port city on Libya’s Mediterranean coast that gained historical significance as the site of major World War II battles and sieges.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Tobruk canonical 31
Port of Tobruk 3
Tobruk port 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf city ⓘ
administrativeRole capital of Tobruk District ⓘ
associatedWith Australian Army ⓘ
surface form: Australian Army in World War II

British Eighth Army ⓘ
Italian North Africa ⓘ
Rats of Tobruk ⓘ
commanderAssociated Australian 9th Division commanders ⓘ
Erwin Rommel ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
country Libya ⓘ
eventLocation Battle of Gazala ⓘ
Siege of Tobruk ⓘ
surface form: Battle of Tobruk (1941)

Siege of Tobruk ⓘ
North African campaign ⓘ
surface form: World War II Western Desert operations
function commercial port ⓘ
military port ⓘ
geopoliticalSignificance control of supply routes in eastern Libya ⓘ
gateway between Egypt and Libya ⓘ
hasNickname fortress port ⓘ
hasPort Tobruk self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Port of Tobruk
heldBy Australian forces during Siege of Tobruk ⓘ
Axis forces during parts of World War II ⓘ
British Commonwealth forces during World War II ⓘ
historicalRole Axis objective in North African Campaign ⓘ
key Allied stronghold in North Africa ⓘ
infrastructure harbor ⓘ
naval facilities ⓘ
knownFor North African campaign ⓘ
surface form: North African Campaign

Siege of Tobruk ⓘ
World War II battles ⓘ
World War II battles ⓘ
surface form: World War II sieges
languageUsed Arabic ⓘ
locatedIn Libya ⓘ
locatedOn Libyan coast ⓘ
surface form: Libya’s Mediterranean coast

Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
militaryTheater Western Desert ⓘ
opposedBy German Afrika Korps ⓘ
Italian forces in World War II ⓘ
partOf North African campaign ⓘ
surface form: North African Campaign

Tobruk District ⓘ
region Cyrenaica ⓘ
religionMajority Islam ⓘ
strategicImportance major port ⓘ
naval base ⓘ
supply hub ⓘ
timePeriodOfSignificance 1941 ⓘ
1942 ⓘ
World War II ⓘ

Referenced by (35)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Siege of Tobruk → location → Tobruk ⓘ
Cyrenaica → containsCity → Tobruk ⓘ
Cyrenaica → majorCity → Tobruk ⓘ
Battle of Tobruk (1942) → location → Tobruk ⓘ
Belhamed → locatedNear → Tobruk ⓘ
House of Representatives (Tobruk-based) → locatedIn → Tobruk ⓘ
House of Representatives (Tobruk-based) → usedToMeetIn → Tobruk ⓘ
House of Representatives (Tobruk-based) → meetsIn → Tobruk ⓘ
House of Representatives (Tobruk-based) → capitalOfAuthority → Tobruk ⓘ
Libyan National Army → controlsTerritoryIn → Tobruk ⓘ
Bir el Gubi → near → Tobruk ⓘ
Operation Battleaxe → frontlineCity → Tobruk ⓘ
Ariete Armoured Division → notableEngagementArea → Tobruk ⓘ
Ajdabiya → nearbyCity → Tobruk ⓘ
Sidi Rezegh → near → Tobruk ⓘ
Operation Agreement → location → Tobruk ⓘ
Libyan Coastal Plain → hasMajorCity → Tobruk ⓘ
Rats of Tobruk → location → Tobruk ⓘ
Rats of Tobruk → namedAfter → Tobruk ⓘ
Tobruk → hasPort → Tobruk self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Port of Tobruk
Balbo → placeOfDeath → Tobruk ⓘ
subject surface form: Italo Balbo
Bir Hakeim → near → Tobruk ⓘ
Libyan airport network → serves → Tobruk ⓘ
eastern Libya → hasMajorCity → Tobruk ⓘ
subject surface form: Eastern Libya
eastern Libya → contains → Tobruk ⓘ
subject surface form: Eastern Libya
this entity surface form: Tobruk port
Battle of Sidi Rezegh → near → Tobruk ⓘ
House of Representatives → locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity → Tobruk ⓘ
subject surface form: House of Representatives (Libya)
Italian North Africa → containsCity → Tobruk ⓘ
Libyan coast → hasMajorCity → Tobruk ⓘ
Libyan coast → hasPort → Tobruk ⓘ
this entity surface form: Port of Tobruk
Tobruk District → contains → Tobruk ⓘ
Tobruk District → hasCapital → Tobruk ⓘ
Tobruk District → hasPort → Tobruk ⓘ
this entity surface form: Port of Tobruk
Tobruk District → hasSettlement → Tobruk ⓘ
26th Brigade → garrisonOrBase → Tobruk ⓘ