อ้างอิง ของ ปฏิบัติการครูเซเดอร์

  1. Jaroslav Hrbek and Vít Smetana: Draze zaplacená svoboda I, Paseka Praha 2009 p. 117 (czech)
  2. 1 2 3 4 Playfair, p. 97.
  3. 1 2 Playfair, p. 30.
  4. 1 2 Playfair, p. 15.
  5. Rommel, p. 156 (Chapter written by Fritz Bayerlein).
  6. Playfair, p. 100
  7. Rommel, p. 178 (editorial comment by Liddell Hart).
  8. 1 2 Playfair, p. 99
  9. Rommel, p. 178 (editorial comment made by Liddell-Hart)
  1. XXX Corps had 477 tanks available, XIII Corps 135 tanks available and the Tobruk garrison a further 126. 339 of their tanks were various cruiser models, with 210 of them being the latest A15 Crusader. 201 of the total number of tanks were Infantry tanks, the vast majority being Matilda II's. 173 of the total were M3 Stuarts and the remaining 25 were other various light tanks.[3]
  2. 650 planes (550 serviceable) were based within Egypt and the remaining 74 (66 serviceable) were based in Malta.[4]
  3. 65,000 German soldiers and 54,000 Italian.[2]
  4. 70x Panzer II, 139x Panzer III, 35x Panzer IV L/24 and 146 Fiat M13/40.[3]
  5. 260 German (15x Panzer I, 40x Panzer II, 150 Panzer III, 55x Panzer IV L/24) and 154 Italian tanks.[5]
  6. There was a potential axis servicable reserve of 750 aircraft based within Tripolitania, Sicily, Sardinia, Greece and Crete but excluding transport aircraft, aircraft based within mainland Italy or part of the Italian Navy.[4]
  7. 2,900 killed, 7,300 wounded and 7,500 missing. Casualties have been rounded by source due to underlying flaws with primary source data but cover all the serious fighting of November, December and the first half of January.[2]
  8. Liddell Hart states that while British tank losses during the operation were heavy, large numbers of tanks were able to be recovered and repaired as a result of Rommel's retreat leaving only 278 tanks permanently lost.[7]
  9. 14,600 German casualties broken down as follows: 1,100 killed, 3,400 wounded and 10,100 missing. 23,700 Italian casualties broken down as follows: 1,200 killed, 2,700 wounded and 19,800 missing. Casualties have been rounded by source due to underlying flaws with primary source data but cover all the serious fighting of November, December and the first half of January.[2]
  10. Editorial comment made by Liddell Hart, he states this figure includes both German and Italian tank losses.[9]
  11. "From 18 November to 20 January the Germans in Libya lost, according to their own records, at least 232 aircraft from all causes, and the Italians at least 100. The totals must in fact must have been higher, for on the airfields and landing-grounds from Gambut to Benina no fewer than 228 German and as many Italian aircraft were found abandoned in various states of disrepair..."[8]

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