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The 11 pages that link to Operation Crusader, each with the reason it gives.

• Erwin RommelRelated: Its outcome forced Rommel to withdraw from Cyrenaica.

• North African campaignBroader topic: Its outcome restored Allied control of Cyrenaica after Axis advances.

• Claude AuchinleckBroader topic: The victory came during Auchinleck’s tenure as Middle East commander.

• Battle of GazalaRelated: Its outcome set the positions from which both sides regrouped before the 1942 Axis offensive.

• Siege of TobrukBroader topic: Its advance broke the siege and linked up with the defenders.

• Western Desert campaignBroader topic: It reversed Axis gains after the siege and restored Allied control of Cyrenaica.

• Afrika KorpsBroader topic: It forced the Afrika Korps to retreat from its first major advance.

• TobrukRelated: Its advance ended the first siege of the city.

• Battle of Bir HakeimRelated: Its outcome preceded the Axis rebuilding and renewed offensive that led to Bir Hakeim.

• Operation SonnenblumeCompared with: It reversed the first Axis advances that followed the German deployment.

• David StirlingRelated: Its setbacks helped Stirling argue for small teams operating behind enemy lines.