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Operation Battleaxe

British Army operation during the Second World War in June 1941
Event Military Operation Q682399
Operation Battleaxe
Vanderson, William George, No. 1 Army Film and Photo Section, Army Film and Photographic Unit · Public Domain · Wikimedia

Facts

9 properties
Instance of
military operation
Country
Libya[2]
Location
Cyrenaica[3]
Part of
North African campaign[4]
Coordinate location
🗺️ 31.504°, 25.115°
End time
June 17, 1941[6]
Order of battle
Operation Battleaxe order of battle[8]
Point in time
June 17, 1941[7]
Start time
June 15, 1941[5]
🏷️ Also known as
en Operation Battleaxe ar عملية باتل آكس de Operation Bruiser de Schlacht von Sollum es Operacion Battleaxe es Operación Battleaxe fi Operaatio Battleaxe fr Bataille de Sollum fr opération Battleaxe fr Opération Hache de guerre hu Battleaxe hadművelet id Operasi Battleaxe it Operazione Battleaxe ja バトルアクス作戦 ko 배틀액스 작전 nl Operatie Battleaxe nl Slag om Sollum pl Battleaxe pl Operacja Battleaxe pt Operação Battleaxe
🔖 Identifiers · 4
Library of Congress Authorities ID
sh2010014053
Freebase ID
/m/02kxmt
J9U entity ID
987007567992505171
UK Archival Thesaurus ID
f8/mt805/5061/7051

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Country 1
Libya
Instance of 1
military operation
Location 1
Cyrenaica
Part of 1
North African campaign
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Summary

Operation Battleaxe is a military operation[1].

Related Entities

Libya

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  1. 24w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Start time → June 15, 1941
    Coordinate location → 31.504°, 25.115°
    Part of → North African campaign
    End time → June 17, 1941
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Changed claim qualifiers: J9U entity ID: 987007567992505171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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