The Western Desert of Egypt 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... 19 KB (2,385 words) - 05:15, 15 July 2023 |
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... 5 KB (500 words) - 12:38, 18 February 2024 |
7th Armoured Division (United Kingdom) (redirect from Desert Rats) 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... 53 KB (6,405 words) - 15:34, 30 March 2024 |
(Western Desert campaign, also known as the Desert War), in Morocco and Algeria (Operation Torch), and in Tunisia (Tunisia campaign). The campaign was... 53 KB (5,855 words) - 07:11, 27 April 2024 |
Benghazi burner (section The Western Desert campaign) 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... 7 KB (844 words) - 17:11, 27 May 2023 |
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... 111 KB (13,023 words) - 12:22, 25 April 2024 |
Desert (not to be confused with the Libyan Sahara) is a geographical region filling the northeastern Sahara Desert, from eastern Libya to the Western... 12 KB (1,560 words) - 17:02, 12 March 2024 |
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... 46 KB (6,906 words) - 00:38, 16 July 2023 |
Mike Sadler (category Long Range Desert Group personnel) 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... 11 KB (1,079 words) - 01:27, 5 March 2024 |
131st Armored Division "Centauro". The division fought in the Western Desert Campaign until being destroyed during the Second Battle of El Alamein and... 26 KB (2,755 words) - 08:33, 11 January 2024 |
Chukka boot (redirect from Desert boots) "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... 8 KB (793 words) - 12:32, 2 April 2024 |
Ice Cold in Alex (redirect from Desert attack) 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... 21 KB (2,371 words) - 08:17, 20 April 2024 |
Alan Rawlinson (section Western Desert campaign) 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... 45 KB (4,517 words) - 01:03, 21 February 2024 |
Australia Western Desert language, a cluster of Aboriginal Australian languages Western Desert Campaign of the Second World War Western Desert Force, World... 540 bytes (103 words) - 23:36, 22 July 2023 |
Edmund Herring (section Western desert) 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... 46 KB (5,575 words) - 21:21, 25 February 2024 |
Operation Agreement, a British 1942 military operation during the Western Desert Campaign Agree (surname) Disagreement Agrément, an agreement by a state... 1 KB (188 words) - 06:02, 8 April 2024 |
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... 34 KB (4,537 words) - 04:04, 6 March 2024 |
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... 25 KB (1,615 words) - 13:46, 14 April 2024 |
desert war, which explains the heavy use of armor in battles such as in the First and Second Battle of El Alamein during the North African campaign of... 9 KB (950 words) - 14:51, 11 February 2024 |
Panzer Army Africa (category Western Desert campaign) after the defeat at the Second Battle of El Alamein during the Western Desert Campaign. In February 1943, the headquarters was expanded and called Army... 11 KB (712 words) - 10:15, 9 February 2024 |
The corps was formed in the Western Desert in September 1941. It provided extensive service in the North African Campaign and many of its units were in... 34 KB (3,745 words) - 08:25, 29 March 2024 |
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... 10 KB (1,224 words) - 00:15, 24 January 2024 |
Operation Compass (category Western Desert campaign) Marmarica) was the first large British military operation of the Western Desert Campaign (1940–1943) during the Second World War. British, Empire and Commonwealth... 69 KB (8,498 words) - 10:16, 2 April 2024 |
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... 22 KB (2,387 words) - 23:11, 12 March 2024 |