Western Desert Campaign
The Western Desert Campaign or the Desert War, took place in the Western Desert of Egypt and Libya and was a theatre in the North African Campaign during the Second World War. The campaign began in September 1940, with the Italian invasion of Egypt. The Italians halted to bring up supplies and Operation Compass, a British five-day raid in December 1940, led to the destruction of the Italian 10th Army. Benito Mussolini sought help from Adolf Hitler and a small German blocking detachment (Sperrverband) was sent to Tripoli under Directive 22 (11 January), being the first units of the Afrika Korps (Generalleutnant Erwin Rommel), under nominal Italian command but Italian dependency on Nazi Germany made it the dominant partner.
102nd Motorised Division Trento
10th Indian Infantry Division
131st Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom)
132nd Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom)
133rd Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom)
1st Horse (Skinner's Horse)
2/12th Battalion (Australia)
20th Indian Infantry Brigade
23rd Armoured Brigade (United Kingdom)
25th Indian Infantry Brigade
26th Indian Infantry Brigade
29th Indian Infantry Brigade
5th Infantry Division (India)
7th Armoured Brigade (United Kingdom)
7th Support Group (United Kingdom)
Ahmad Ismail Ali
Arnold Brown (soldier)
Arthur Coningham (RAF officer)
Arthur Holworthy
Bobby Gibbes
Cape Field Artillery
Denis Avey
Desmond Fitzpatrick
Dudley Russell
Edmund Herring
Edward Ford (physician)
161st Indian Infantry Brigade24th Armoured Brigade (United Kingdom)24th Brigade (Australia)27th Machine-Gun Battalion (New Zealand)2nd Regiment, Royal Horse Artillery32nd Army Tank Brigade (United Kingdom)3rd Regiment Royal Horse ArtilleryAlexander Alfred HaytonAlexander GallowayAlfred Reade Godwin-AustenBertram ArmstrongCharles Hamilton BoucherCyril LomaxDenys Whitehorn Reid
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Action at Mechili, 24 January 1941
Bardia raid
Battle of Alam el Halfa
Battle of El Agheila
Battle of Gazala
Battle of Mersa Matruh
Battle of Nibeiwa
Battle of Point 175
Battle of Sidi Barrani
Capture of Kufra
First Battle of Bir el Gubi
First Battle of El Alamein
Fort Capuzzo
Italian invasion of Egypt
Operation Agreement
Operation Battleaxe
Operation Brevity
Operation Caravan
Operation Compass
Operation Crusader
Operation Flipper
Operation Skorpion
Operation Sonnenblume
Second Battle of Bir el Gubi
Second Battle of El Alamein
Siege of Giarabub
Siege of Tobruk
Twin Pimples raid
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Axis desert offensive (1941)Battle of AgedabiaBattle of Marsa MatruhBattle of the Wadi Zem-ZemDesert CampaignDrive to TripoliLibya-Egypt CampaignOperation TheseusSecond Battle of BengahziSecond Battle of El AgheilaSecond Battle of the Coast RoadThird Battle of Halfaya PassThird Battle of TorbukWestern Desert campaign
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Western Desert Campaign
The Western Desert Campaign or the Desert War, took place in the Western Desert of Egypt and Libya and was a theatre in the North African Campaign during the Second World War. The campaign began in September 1940, with the Italian invasion of Egypt. The Italians halted to bring up supplies and Operation Compass, a British five-day raid in December 1940, led to the destruction of the Italian 10th Army. Benito Mussolini sought help from Adolf Hitler and a small German blocking detachment (Sperrverband) was sent to Tripoli under Directive 22 (11 January), being the first units of the Afrika Korps (Generalleutnant Erwin Rommel), under nominal Italian command but Italian dependency on Nazi Germany made it the dominant partner.
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25بك المحتوى هنا ينقصه الاستشه ...... حاجة للتوسيع. شارك في تحريرها.
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A Campanha do Deserto Ocidenta ...... reforços em momentos críticos.
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La Campaña del Desierto Occide ...... Libia, 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 or ...... 1941 and the Far East in 1942.
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西部沙漠战役(英文:Western Desert Campa ...... 和隆美尔的军队在开始于1942年11月底的突尼斯战役中相遇。
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*Anglo-Egyptian Sudan
*French colonial empire
Free Czechoslovakia
Free Greece
Free Poland
South Africa
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1940-06-11
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Allied victory
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British infantry advance at El Alamein, October, 1942
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25بك المحتوى هنا ينقصه الاستشه ...... حاجة للتوسيع. شارك في تحريرها.
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A Campanha do Deserto Ocidenta ...... ações contra os seus inimigos,
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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 or ...... made it the dominant partner.
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西部沙漠战役(英文:Western Desert Campa ...... 和隆美尔的军队在开始于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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Campaña del Desierto Occidental
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Guerre du désert
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Western Desert Campaign
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حملة الصحراء الغربية
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西部沙漠战役
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Western Desert Campaign
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