Operation Battleaxe
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Locations | Cyrenaica |
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Libya | |
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ID | 1125024 |
About Operation Battleaxe
Operation Battleaxe was a British Army operation during the Second World War in June 1941, to clear eastern Cyrenaica of German and Italian forces and raise the Siege of Tobruk. It was the first time during the war that a significant German force fought on the defensive.