"130 fighters" . . . "1941-06-17Z"^^ . "25,000 men" . "36 aircraft" . . "13,200 soldiers" . "*India" . . "105 bombers" . "969 casualties" . "84 bombers" . "Italy" . "Operation Battleaxe"@en . "91-98 tanks" . . . "~190 tanks" . "196 tanks" . . . . "98 fighters" . "Axis victory" . "Operation Battleaxe was a British Army operation during the Second World War in June 1941, to clear eastern Cyrenaica of German and Italian forces and raise the Siege of Tobruk. It was the first time during the war that a significant German force fought on the defensive but the operation failed as British forces attacked strong defensive positions created by German General Erwin Rommel."@en .