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...

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...

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...

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...

(Western Desert campaign, also known as the Desert War), in Morocco and Algeria (Operation Torch), and in Tunisia (Tunisia campaign). The campaign was...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

"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...

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...

Australia Western Desert language, a cluster of Aboriginal Australian languages Western Desert Campaign of the Second World War Western Desert Force, World...

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...

Operation Agreement, a British 1942 military operation during the Western Desert Campaign Agree (surname) Disagreement Agrément, an agreement by a state...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

part in the Western Desert Campaign along the northern Sudanese border with Libya, supplying the Free French and then the Long Range Desert Group stationed...

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...

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...

Marmarica) was the first large British military operation of the Western Desert Campaign (1940–1943) during the Second World War. British, Empire and Commonwealth...

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...

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