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...

In Egypt, the Western Desert is an area of the Sahara that lies west of the river Nile, up to the Libyan border, and south from the Mediterranean Sea to...

The Western Desert Force (WDF) was a British Army formation active in Egypt during the Western Desert Campaign of the Second World War. On 17 June 1940...

Second World War, during and after the North African Campaign. As used in the Western Desert campaign, the Benghazi burner itself consisted of a single empty...

The Desert Air Force (DAF), also known chronologically as Air Headquarters Western Desert, Air Headquarters Libya, the Western Desert Air Force, and the...

nickname Desert Rats. The division fought in most of the major battles of the Western Desert campaign, was then engaged in the Tunisian campaign, and this...

rights should be considered a campaign, not a mere battle. North African campaign: June 1940 – May 1943 Western Desert campaign: June 1940 – February 1943...

Allies and the Axis Powers. It included campaigns in the Libyan and Egyptian deserts (Western Desert campaign, Desert War), in Morocco and Algeria (Operation...

Desert (not to be confused with the Libyan Sahara) is a geographical region filling the northeastern Sahara Desert, from eastern Libya to the Western...

newly formed Special Air Service (SAS), where, as part of the Western Desert Campaign, he planned and executed raids on Axis-held Benghazi, on the coast...

deployed to the Middle East where he saw action in the Western Desert and Syria–Lebanon Campaigns, before his unit returned to Australia in 1942. He subsequently...

131st Armored Division "Centauro". The division fought in the Western Desert Campaign until being destroyed during the Second Battle of El Alamein and...

of Wisdom. In the Second World War, the Western Desert Campaign began in Italian Libya. Warfare in the desert offered great scope for tacticians to use...

the Western Desert campaign, oversaw part of the Allied effort during the Tunisian campaign and finally led troops throughout the Italian campaign. During...

release to join the British Eighth Army for the remainder of the Western Desert campaign. In early 1944, Sadler was stationed in Darvel, Scotland, to train...

Ice Cold in Alex is a 1958 British war film set during the Western Desert campaign of World War II based on the novel of the same name by Christopher...

"chukka boot" refers to a form of desert boots originally worn by British soldiers in the Western Desert Campaign of World War II. Chukkas are usually...

December 2014. Coles, Harry C., (1945) Ninth Air Force in the Western Desert Campaign to 23 January 1943, USAF Historical Study No. 30 Coles, Harry C...

with No. 3 Squadron, which was to support the 6th Division in the Western Desert campaign against Italian forces. Sailing via Bombay, the squadron arrived...

25th Infantry Division "Bologna", with which it fought in the Western Desert campaign, during which the regiment was destroyed in the Second Battle of...

the Western Desert Campaign: Deutsches Afrika Korps Italian X Army Corps Italian XX Army Corps Italian XXI Army Corps During the Tunisian Campaign: German...

the Western Front. During World War II, the regiment was assigned to the 27th Infantry Division "Brescia", with which it fought in the Western Desert campaign...

In September 1941 the Trieste was transferred to Libya for the Western Desert Campaign. The division was decimated in the Second Battle of El Alamein...

origins of the British Army Special Air Service (SAS) during the Western Desert Campaign of World War II. The storyline is a broadly accurate representation...

in the Western Desert campaign and the Battle of Greece. In 1942, as a corps commander, he commanded the land forces in the Kokoda Track campaign. The following...

101st Motorized Division "Trieste", with which it fought in the Western Desert Campaign until regiment and division were destroyed in the Second Battle...

1942 to 1945 during World War II, where it took part in the North African campaign and fought in the European theatre of World War II. The 316th Fighter Squadron...

which Malta must hold on until mid-June, when the situation in the Western Desert should have been clarified. If Martuba or Benghazi in Cyrenaica had...

for independence on the day of German surrender Western Desert Campaign Operation Torch Tunisia Campaign Ian Sumner & Francois Vauillier, page 11 The French...

African campaign of World War II, sometimes called the "Desert War", includes the campaigns in Egypt and Libya (often referred to as the Western Desert campaign...