Battle of Sinai |
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Part of the Middle East Campaign |
Tanks of the King's Own Nihhonese Guards pass by a destroyed Quenminese AT gun. |
Date | 15 March – 10 November 1941 |
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Location | Parts of Syrianna; Palestina, and Iraqia, Middle East |
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Result |
Decisive Allied Victory
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Belligerents |
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United Kingdom
Gallia-Bruhl
Zanarkand
New Akiba
Basel-Ebel
Erebonian Empire
Rubrum
Free Bethausia
Logistical & Indirect support:
Dalmasca and Nabradia
Esthar and Balamb
Holy Galbadian Empire
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Empire of Quenmin
Archadia-Archedes
Rumania
Midgar Federation
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Commanders and leaders |
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Archibald Sugiyama
Tsukuyo Kushineda
Alan MacDonald
Friedrich O'Connelly
Blaine Sanderson
Kotamarou Furakawa
Leslie Oliver Morshead
James Tozawa
Kurt Frediericks
Brian Regnitz
Magnus Craig
Frederick Vander
Elliot Testarossa
Owen Ouellet
Peter Ardur Rashia
Zaw Sein Arkar
Naing Thuta Maung
Yarzar Htun Tun Yaza
Sein Khine
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Thạch Hung Sõn Chiến
Kiều Dũng Quang
Taajuddeen el-Nawaz
Musaaid al-Hannan
Ashraf al-Shahidi
Victor Sazabio
Giovanni Filiberto
Guiseppe Gavallero
Enrico Ancelotti
Vincenzo Casa
Alberto Ricci
Henri Darlan
Giorgio Ansale
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Strength |
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1,200,000 |
2,150,000 |
Casualties and losses |
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27,054 killed 29,047 wounded 250 tanks 127 guns
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45,000 killed 10,758 wounded 30,000 surrendered 479 tanks 167 guns
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The Battle of Sinai (15 March 1941 – 10 November 1941) was an 8-month long battle that took place throughout the Sinai Peninsula, which caused a spillover of the war into the Midgar Federation. The battle was the 2nd longest ever fought in the Middle East Campaign after the Battle of Sania. The end of the battle saw the Imperial forces retreat into Selucia, where it was turned into the last Imperial fortress in the Sinai and ended the Imperial control over the Middle East for good.
Background
Prelude
The Battle
Opening Stage: 15 March - 16 March: Raid at Sidi Alfaya
20 March - 10 May: Battle of al-Bufa
21 May - 1 June: Capture of Salaya Airfield
15 June - 20 August: Fall of Serufega
1 September - 5 October: Pocket of Resistance at Walta
10 October - 4 November: Marshal Chien fails to halt Aliied forces at Walta
10 November: Imperial Retreat
Analysis