Western Desert campaign
The Western Desert campaign (Desert War) took place in the deserts of Egypt and Libya and was the main theatre in the North African campaign of the Second World War. Military operations began in June 1940 with the Italian declaration of war and the Italian invasion of Egypt from Libya in September. Operation Compass, a five-day British raid in December 1940, led to the destruction of the Italian 10th Army (10ª Armata). Benito Mussolini sought help from Adolf Hitler, who sent a small German force to Tripoli under Directive 22 (11 January). The Afrika Korps (Generalleutnant Erwin Rommel) was formally under Italian command, as Italy was the main Axis power in the Mediterranean and North Africa.
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102nd Motorised Division Trento131st Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom)132nd Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom)133rd Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom)161st Indian Infantry Brigade16th Brigade (Australia)17th Brigade (Australia)17th Infantry Division Pavia1st Armoured Division Signals (United Kingdom)1st Flintshire Rifle Volunteers1st Horse (Skinner's Horse)2/12th Battalion (Australia)20th Indian Infantry Brigade24th Armoured Brigade (United Kingdom)24th Brigade (Australia)25th Indian Infantry Brigade26th Brigade (Australia)26th Indian Infantry Brigade29th Indian Infantry Brigade2nd Anti-Aircraft Brigade (United Kingdom)2nd Regiment, Royal Horse Artillery32nd Army Tank Brigade3rd Regiment Royal Horse Artillery4th Anti-Aircraft Brigade (United Kingdom)50 (Northumbrian) Signal Regiment50th (Northumbrian) Infantry Division5th Infantry Division (India)7th Armoured Brigade (United Kingdom)Alexander Alfred HaytonAlfred GauseAllan S. WalkerArnold Brown (soldier)Arthur Coningham (RAF officer)Bernard_Freyberg,_1st_Baron_FreybergBertram ArmstrongBull Allen (soldier)Charles Hamilton BoucherDenys Whitehorn ReidDenzil Macarthur-Onslow
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Western Desert campaign
The Western Desert campaign (Desert War) took place in the deserts of Egypt and Libya and was the main theatre in the North African campaign of the Second World War. Military operations began in June 1940 with the Italian declaration of war and the Italian invasion of Egypt from Libya in September. Operation Compass, a five-day British raid in December 1940, led to the destruction of the Italian 10th Army (10ª Armata). Benito Mussolini sought help from Adolf Hitler, who sent a small German force to Tripoli under Directive 22 (11 January). The Afrika Korps (Generalleutnant Erwin Rommel) was formally under Italian command, as Italy was the main Axis power in the Mediterranean and North Africa.
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A Campanha do Deserto Ocidenta ...... reforços em momentos críticos.
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Kampanye Gurun Barat atau Pera ...... dengan invasi Italia ke Mesir.
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La Campanya del Desert Occiden ...... e començà al novembre de 1942.
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La Campaña del Desierto Occide ...... a la , así llamada por ellos.
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La guerre du Désert est un épi ...... ité de cet épisode du conflit.
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The Western Desert campaign (D ...... oviet Union, was not achieved.
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Ökenkriget är den del av andra ...... och general George S. Patton.
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Кампанія в Лівійській пустелі ...... 940 року вторгнення до Єгипту.
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حملة الصحراء الغربية هي المرحل ...... وأسر 115,000 ألف جندي إيطالي.
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西部沙漠战役(英文:Western Desert Campa ...... 和隆美尔的部队在开始于1942年11月底的突尼斯战役中相遇。
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35,476 killed
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Czechoslovakia
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1940-06-11
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* Libya
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Czechoslovakia
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Greece
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Poland
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Alan Cunningham
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Archibald Wavell
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Bernard Montgomery
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Claude Auchinleck
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Erwin Rommel
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Ettore Bastico
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Georg Stumme
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Harold Alexander
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Italo Balbo
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Italo Gariboldi
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Western Desert Campaign
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1946-06-13
1946-06-26
1946-07-03
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the North African campaign of the Second World War
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Western Desert, Egypt and Libya
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A Campanha do Deserto Ocidenta ...... inimigos, os Aliados, empurra
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Kampanye Gurun Barat atau Pera ...... dengan invasi Italia ke Mesir.
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La Campanya del Desert Occiden ...... campanya, referint-se com la .
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La Campaña del Desierto Occide ...... vió dominante. El Eje lanzaría
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La guerre du Désert est un épi ...... frique du Nord par les Alliés.
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The Western Desert campaign (D ...... editerranean and North Africa.
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Ökenkriget är den del av andra ...... och general George S. Patton.
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Кампанія в Лівійській пустелі ...... ж узбережжя Середземного моря.
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حملة الصحراء الغربية هي المرحل ...... اضي الفرنسية خلال معركة فرنسا.
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西部沙漠战役(英文:Western Desert Campa ...... 和隆美尔的部队在开始于1942年11月底的突尼斯战役中相遇。
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Campanha do Deserto Ocidental
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Campanya del Desert Occidental
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Campaña del Desierto Occidental
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Guerre du Désert
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Kampanye Gurun Barat
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Okcidenta Dezerta Kampanjo
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Western Desert campaign
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Ökenkriget
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Кампанія в Лівійській пустелі
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حملة الصحراء الغربية
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Western Desert Campaign
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