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Richard O'Connor Biography and Timeline

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1940

9 December 1940

Operation Compass

General · Commander of Western Desert Force · Sidi Barrani · Warfare / World War, 2nd

Launches Operation Compass against Italian positions in Egypt, helping remove the immediate Axis threat to the Suez Canal.

Role range: 1939-1945 – 1940-1941

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