Operation Crusader

Operation Crusader
Conflict	World War II
Date	November 18 1941 – January 31 1942
Place	Tobruk, Libya
Result	Allied victory
Combatants Germany, Italy United Kingdom, Australia, Poland Commanders Erwin Rommel Auchinleck Strength ? ? Casualties ? ?
Western Desert Campaign Compass – Tobruk – Brevity – Battleaxe – Crusader – Gazala – Bir Hakeim – 1st Alamein – Alam Haifa – 2nd Alamein

Operation Crusader (November 18 - December 10, 1941) was the third attempt to relieve the Siege of Tobruk and the one that succeded.

See also

• North African Campaign

External links

• BBC - WW2 People's War - Operation Crusader
• OPERATION CRUSADER and Rommel's Dash To The Wire
• Australian War Memorial
• wwii operation crusader

See also: Operation Crusader, 1941, 1942, Australia, Battle of Alam Halfa, Battle of Bir Hakeim