Western Desert Force
Corps · United Kingdom · June 17, 1940 – September 26, 1941
British and Commonwealth corps under Richard O'Connor that destroyed the Italian 10th Army in Operation Compass; later XIII Corps of the Eighth Army.
View on map Fought in Western Desert campaign Wikipedia
Engagements 2
- June 11, 1940 – February 4, 1943 Western Desert campaign
- December 9, 1940 – February 9, 1941 Operation Compass
Movements
- June 17, 1940 Mersa Matruh Western Desert campaign Map
- December 9, 1940 Operation Compass begins Operation Compass Map
- January 22, 1941 Tobruk taken Map
- February 7, 1941 Beda Fomm Map
- April 14, 1941 Back on the Egyptian frontier Map
- June 15, 1941 – September 26, 1941 Operation Battleaxe fails Map