Claude Auchinleck18 November 1941
Launches Operation Crusader to relieve Tobruk and push Axis forces back from the approaches to Egypt and Suez.
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Launches Operation Crusader to relieve Tobruk and push Axis forces back from the approaches to Egypt and Suez.
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