Operasi Sonnenblume

Peta yang menampilkan Gurun Barat

Operasi Sonnenblume (Unternehmen Sonnenblume/Operasi Bunga Matahari) adalah nama yang diberikan kepada serangan pasukan Jerman ke Afrika Utara pada Februari 1941, saat Perang Dunia Kedua. Pasukan Jerman menyerang sisa-sisa pasukan Italia di Libya, setelah Tentara ke-10 Italia dihancurkan oleh serangan-serangan Inggris saat Operasi Compass (9 Desember 1940 – 9 Februari 1941). Unit-unit pertama diberangkatkan dari Napoli ke Afrika dan sampai pada 11 Februari. Pada 14 Februari, unit-unit pertama dari Divisi Afrika Ringan ke-5 (kemudian berganti nama menjadi Divisi Panzer ke-21), Aufklärungsbataillon 3 (Batalion Rekonansi 3) dan Panzerjägerabteilung 39 (Detasemen Pemburu Tank 39) datang ke Tripoli, Libya dan dikirim ke garis depan di Sirte.

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Bacaan tambahan

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• Schreiber, P. K. (1998). Rommel's Desert War, The Impact of Logistics on Operational Art (PDF) (Laporan). Newport, RI: Naval War College. OCLC 831666288. Diarsipkan dari versi asli (PDF) tanggal 2017-02-20. Diakses tanggal 20 March 2015. 
• Young, Desmond (1950). Rommel, The Desert Fox. New York: Harper & Row. OCLC 48067797. 

Pranala luar

• Chadwick, Rommel's First Offensive
• Kirkland Rommel's Desert Campaigns
• Italian tables of organisation
• British tables of organisation