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- Western_Desert_Campaign abstract "The Western Desert Campaign, or the Desert War, took place in the Western Desert of Egypt and Libya and was one of the two major stages of fighting in the North African Campaign during the Second World War. Following the British defeats in Greece and Crete during the Balkan Campaign, the Western Desert was a significant avenue for Churchill and the British army to continue the fight against Germany, and therefore was central to the war effort. For Adolf Hitler and a German military committed to waging a war in the vastness of Russia on the Eastern Front, the war in the desert was a holding action of minor importance. The German leader never committed the resources necessary to achieve a victory. Only when the issue was nearly settled did it assume real significance in the mind of the German leader.The Western Desert Campaign was a back-and-forth struggle which began in September 1940 with the Italian invasion of Egypt. Italian forces in Libya advanced upon British and Commonwealth forces, who were stationed in Egypt to protect British interests there. The Italians halted to bring up supplies, and the British counterattacked. What started as a five-day raid in December 1940 turned into a major offensive operation, resulting in the destruction of an Italian army. With his holdings in Africa threatened, Benito Mussolini pled with Hitler to provide a contingent of ground and air forces to prevent a total collapse. This was done when a small unit was dispatched from Italy to Tripoli, the first of a number of units that were transferred to Africa under the command of Erwin Rommel. Though all Axis forces in Africa were nominally under Italian command, Germany was the dominant partner in the pairing.Over the course of the next two years, Axis forces under Rommel launched assaults three times against the Allies. Each time, the Axis forces pushed the Allies back to the Egyptian frontier, but each time the Allies regrouped and counterattacked. On the final Axis push the Allies were driven deep into Egypt. However, at El Alamein the Allies recovered and then drove the Axis forces west. Axis forces never recovered, and were driven completely out of Libya to Tunisia. The final chapter of the Axis in Africa concluded with the Allied victory in Tunisia.".
- Western_Desert_Campaign combatant "* Anglo-Egyptian Sudan".
- Western_Desert_Campaign combatant "* British India".
- Western_Desert_Campaign combatant "* French India".
- Western_Desert_Campaign combatant "*".
- Western_Desert_Campaign combatant "Czechoslovakia".
- Western_Desert_Campaign combatant "Poland".
- Western_Desert_Campaign combatant "Union of South Africa".
- Western_Desert_Campaign commander Alan_Cunningham.
- Western_Desert_Campaign commander Bernard_Montgomery,_1st_Viscount_Montgomery_of_Alamein.
- Western_Desert_Campaign commander Claude_Auchinleck.
- Western_Desert_Campaign commander Erwin_Rommel.
- Western_Desert_Campaign commander Ettore_Bastico.
- Western_Desert_Campaign commander Georg_Stumme.
- Western_Desert_Campaign commander Italo_Balbo.
- Western_Desert_Campaign commander Italo_Gariboldi.
- Western_Desert_Campaign commander Leslie_Morshead.
- Western_Desert_Campaign commander Neil_Ritchie.
- Western_Desert_Campaign commander Noel_Beresford-Peirse.
- Western_Desert_Campaign commander Philip_Neame.
- Western_Desert_Campaign commander Richard_O'Connor.
- Western_Desert_Campaign commander Rodolfo_Graziani.
- Western_Desert_Campaign commander Wilhelm_Ritter_von_Thoma.
- Western_Desert_Campaign date "1940-06-11".
- Western_Desert_Campaign isPartOfMilitaryConflict North_African_Campaign.
- Western_Desert_Campaign place Egypt.
- Western_Desert_Campaign place Libya.
- Western_Desert_Campaign place Libyan_Desert.
- Western_Desert_Campaign result "Allied victory".
- Western_Desert_Campaign thumbnail El_Alamein_1942_-_British_infantry.jpg?width=300.
- Western_Desert_Campaign wikiPageExternalLink hart.asp.
- Western_Desert_Campaign wikiPageExternalLink www.AFRIKAKORPS.org.
- Western_Desert_Campaign wikiPageExternalLink www.theblackvault.com.
- Western_Desert_Campaign wikiPageExternalLink 1296ii.pdf.
- Western_Desert_Campaign wikiPageID "979204".
- Western_Desert_Campaign wikiPageRevisionID "605345655".
- Western_Desert_Campaign accessdate "2009-10-31".
- Western_Desert_Campaign bot "H3llBot".
- Western_Desert_Campaign caption "British infantry advance at El Alamein, October, 1942".
- Western_Desert_Campaign combatant "* British India * * Anglo-Egyptian Sudan *".
- Western_Desert_Campaign combatant "* French India Poland".
- Western_Desert_Campaign combatant "Czechoslovakia".
- Western_Desert_Campaign combatant "Union of South Africa".
- Western_Desert_Campaign commander "Alan Cunningham".
- Western_Desert_Campaign commander "Bernard Montgomery".
- Western_Desert_Campaign commander "Claude Auchinleck".
- Western_Desert_Campaign commander "Erwin Rommel".
- Western_Desert_Campaign commander "Ettore Bastico".
- Western_Desert_Campaign commander "Georg Stumme".
- Western_Desert_Campaign commander "Italo Balbo".
- Western_Desert_Campaign commander "Italo Gariboldi".
- Western_Desert_Campaign commander "Leslie Morshead".
- Western_Desert_Campaign commander "Neil Ritchie".
- Western_Desert_Campaign commander "Noel Beresford-Peirse".
- Western_Desert_Campaign commander "Philip Neame".
- Western_Desert_Campaign commander "Richard O'Connor".
- Western_Desert_Campaign commander "Ritter von Thoma".
- Western_Desert_Campaign commander "Rodolfo Graziani".
- Western_Desert_Campaign conflict "Western Desert Campaign".
- Western_Desert_Campaign date "--06-11".
- Western_Desert_Campaign date "1946-06-13".
- Western_Desert_Campaign date "1946-06-26".
- Western_Desert_Campaign date "1946-07-03".
- Western_Desert_Campaign date "September 2010".
- Western_Desert_Campaign endpage "3006".
- Western_Desert_Campaign endpage "3269".
- Western_Desert_Campaign endpage "3444".
- Western_Desert_Campaign hasPhotoCollection Western_Desert_Campaign.
- Western_Desert_Campaign issue "37609".
- Western_Desert_Campaign issue "37628".
- Western_Desert_Campaign issue "37638".
- Western_Desert_Campaign partof "the North African Campaign of the Second World War".
- Western_Desert_Campaign place "Western Desert, Egypt and Libya".
- Western_Desert_Campaign result "Allied victory".
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- Western_Desert_Campaign subject Category:20th_century_in_Egypt.
- Western_Desert_Campaign subject Category:Battles_involving_Italy.
- Western_Desert_Campaign subject Category:Egypt_in_World_War_II.
- Western_Desert_Campaign subject Category:Libya_in_World_War_II.
- Western_Desert_Campaign subject Category:Military_history_of_Italy_during_World_War_II.
- Western_Desert_Campaign subject Category:North_African_Campaign.
- Western_Desert_Campaign subject Category:Western_Desert_Campaign.
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