Western Desert campaign
June 11, 1940 – February 4, 1943
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1941
1942
1943
Western Desert campaign
The desert war between the British Commonwealth and the Italian and German armies along the coast of Egypt and Libya, from Italy's entry into the war to the fall of Tripoli and the Eighth Army's arrival in Tunisia.
Location
- Western Desert, Egypt–Libya border
Battles 3
- Operation Compass December 9, 1940 – February 9, 1941
- Siege of Tobruk April 10 – November 27, 1941
- Second Battle of El Alamein October 23 – November 11, 1942