Operation Sonnenblume

Operation Sonnenblume was the name given to the dispatch of German and Italian troops to North Africa in February 1941, during the Second World War. The Italian 10th Army had been destroyed by the British, Commonwealth, Empire and Allied Western Desert Force attacks during Operation Compass (9 December 1940 – 9 February 1941). The first units of the new Deutsches Afrikakorps (DAK), commanded by Generalleutnant Erwin Rommel, departed Naples for Africa and arrived on 11 February 1941. On 14 February, advanced units of the 5th Light Afrika Division, Aufklärungsbataillon 3 and Panzerjägerabteilung 39 arrived at the Libyan port of Tripoli and were sent immediately to the front line east of Sirte.

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1941 Operation Sonnenblume

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1911 Italian invasion of Libya

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2011 2011 military intervention in Libya

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2011 — 2014 2011–present Libyan factional fighting

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2015 2015 Egyptian military intervention in Libya

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2014 — 2020 Libyan Civil War

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Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
area	region	1551	Libya	Mediterranean country, sovereign state, country	Wikidata
area	region	1969	Libyan Arab Republic		Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1911	Italian invasion of Libya	invasion	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1941	Operation Sonnenblume	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	2011	2011 military intervention in Libya	military intervention	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	2011	2011–present Libyan factional fighting	armed conflict	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	2015	2015 Egyptian military intervention in Libya	battle	Wikidata
event	war		Civil War in Libya	civil war	Wikidata
event	war	2014	Libyan Civil War	war, Libyan armed forces, Tuareg militias of Ghat, Government of National Accord	Wikidata