Operation Compass
{'<entity_0>': 'military operation', '<entity_1>': 'Operation Compass', '<entity_2>': '09 December 1940', '<entity_3>': '09 February 1941', '<entity_4>': 'Sidi Barrani', '<entity_5>': 'North Africa', '<entity_6>': 'Cyrenaica', '<entity_7>': 'Kingdom of Egypt', '<entity_8>': 'Libya'}
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<entity_1> (also la battaglia della Marmarica) was the first large British <entity_0> of the Western Desert Campaign (1940–1943) during the Second World War. British, Indian, Commonwealth and Allied forces attacked Italian forces of the 10th Army (Marshal Rodolfo Graziani) in western <entity_7> and <entity_6>, the eastern province of <entity_8>, from <entity_2> to <entity_3>. The Western Desert Force (WDF) (Lieutenant-General Richard O'Connor) with about 36,000 men, advanced from Mersa Matruh in <entity_7> on a five-day raid against the Italian positions of the 10th Army, which had about 150,000 men in fortified posts around <entity_4> in <entity_7> and in <entity_6>. The WDF swiftly defeated the Italians in their fortified posts and at <entity_4> and the British exploited their success, forcing the rest of the 10th Army out of <entity_7> and capturing the ports along the Libyan coast. During the next few months there were raids and skirmishes between Italian forces in <entity_8> and British and Commonwealth forces in <entity_7>. San Giorgio also shot down the Savoia-Marchetti SM.79 aircraft carrying Italo Balbo, the Governor-General of <entity_8> and Commander-in-chief of Italian forces in <entity_5>. At Jebel Uweinat, a 6,000 ft (1,800 m) massif 600 mi (970 km) inland, at the junctions of <entity_7>, <entity_8> and Sudan, were landing grounds with an Italian garrison.
['military operation']