The Desert War

NameDate
Malta Campaign11 Jun 1940 - 31 Dec 1942
British Attacks on the French Fleet3 Jul 1940 - 25 Sep 1940
Invasion of British Somaliland3 Aug 1940 - 19 Aug 1940
Invasion of Egypt9 Sep 1940 - 16 Sep 1940
Battle of Gabon27 Oct 1940 - 12 Nov 1940
Operation Compass8 Dec 1940 - 9 Feb 1941
Battle of Kufra6 Jan 1941 - 1 Mar 1941
Invasion of Italian East Africa19 Jan 1941 - 16 May 1941
Operation Sonnenblume8 Feb 1941 - 6 May 1941
Battle of Giarabub21 Mar 1941 - 23 Mar 1941
Siege of Tobruk10 Apr 1941 - 27 Nov 1941
Bardia Raid19 Apr 1941 - 20 Apr 1941
Operation Brevity15 May 1941 - 16 May 1941
Operation Battleaxe15 Jun 1941 - 17 Jun 1941
Operation Crusader18 Nov 1941 - 14 Dec 1941
Battle of Cape Bon13 Dec 1941
Underwater Raid of Alexandria19 Dec 1941
Battle of Gazala26 May 1942 - 21 Jun 1942
Battle of Mersa Matruh23 Jun 1942 - 28 Jun 1942
First Battle of El Alamein1 Jul 1942 - 27 Jul 1942
Battle of Alam el Halfa30 Aug 1942 - 5 Sep 1942
Raids in Libya13 Sep 1942 - 19 Sep 1942
Second Battle of El Alamein23 Oct 1942 - 11 Nov 1942
Operation Torch8 Nov 1942 - 16 Nov 1942
Advance into Tunisia10 Nov 1942 - 25 Dec 1942
Invasion of French Somaliland1 Dec 1942 - 31 Jan 1943
Battle of Faïd Pass and Sidi Bouzid30 Jan 1943 - 17 Feb 1943
Battle of Kasserine Pass19 Feb 1943 - 25 Feb 1943
Battle of Medenine6 Mar 1943 - 10 Mar 1943
Operations Pugilist and Supercharge II19 Mar 1943 - 31 Mar 1943
Battle of El Guettar23 Mar 1943 - 7 Apr 1943
Battle of Wadi Akarit6 Apr 1943 - 7 Apr 1943
Conclusion of the Desert War7 Apr 1943 - 13 May 1943
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CG-4A and Horsa gliders at an English airfield preparing for the Normandy invasion, May 1944; note the application of invasion stripes still in-progress
CG-4A and Horsa gliders at an English airfield preparing for the Normandy invasion, May 1944; note the application of invasion stripes still in-progress



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