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Name: Kingdom of Egypt

Type: Polity

Start: 1922 AD

End: 1953 AD

Nation: egypt (modern)

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This article is about the specific polity Kingdom of Egypt and therefore only includes events related to its territory and not to its possessions or colonies. If you are interested in the possession, this is the link to the article about the nation which includes all possessions as well as all the different incarnations of the nation.

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On 28 February 1922, Britain unilaterally declared Egyptian independence without any negotiations with Egypt.

Establishment


  • February 1922: Britain unilaterally declared Egyptian independence without any negotiations with Egypt.
  • Chronology


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    1. World War II


    Was a global conflict that lasted from 1939 to 1945 (it started sooner in certain regions) between the Axis Powers (mainly Germany, Japan and Italy) and the Allies (mainly the Soviet Union, the U.S.A., the U.K., China and France). It was the war with more fatalities in history. The war in Asia began when Japan invaded China on July 7, 1937. The war in Europe began when Germany invaded Poland on September 1, 1939. The war ended with the complete defeat of the Axis powers, which were occupied by the Allies.

    1.1.World War II (North African Theatre)

    Was the North African theatre of World War II.

    1.1.1.Italian invasion of Egypt

    Was an Italian offensive in the Second World War, against British, Commonwealth and Free French forces in the Kingdom of Egypt.

  • September 1940: The Italian 10th Army halted and took up defensive positions around the port of Sidi Barrani.

  • 1.1.2.Operation Compass

    Was a British military operation against Italian forces in Western Egypt and Cyrenaica.

  • December 1940: British conquest of Sidi Barrani.

  • 1.1.3.Operation Sonnenblume

    Was a joint German and Italian military Campaign against British forces in Cyrenaica, during World War II.

  • April 1941: By 15 April, Italian troops pushed the British back to the border at Sollum and besieged Tobruk.

  • 1.1.4.Operation Skorpion

    Was a military operation where the Axis re-captured Halfaya Pass, Egypt.

  • May 1941: Axis forces re-captured the Halfaya Pass.

  • 1.1.5.Operation Crusader

    Was a military operation of the Western Desert Campaign during the Second World War by the British Eighth Army against the Axis forces.

  • November 1941: British conquest in Lybia and Egypt during the offensive of general Auchinleck.

  • 1.1.6.Battle of Gazala

    Was a battle between the Axis and British forces west of the port of Tobruk in Libya, during World War II.

  • June 1942: Rommel crossed the border into Egypt by occupying Sidi Barrani.
  • June 1942: The 7th Bersaglieri Regiment (Trento Division) occupied the fortified camp of Marsa Matruh.
  • July 1942: On 1 July the Axis forces arrived in front of El Alamein. The Allies withdrew to a defensive line between El Alamein, near the sea, and the desert.

  • 1.1.7.Battle of Alam el Halfa

    Was a battle between the Axis and British forces in Egypt, during World War II.

  • August 1942: Axis forces attack deep into British Egypt territory.
  • September 1942: Axis retreat to initial positions in North Africa.

  • 1.1.8.British Invasion of Libya

    Was a British military campaign in Italian Libya during World War II that resulted in the occupation of the region.

    1.1.8.1.Second Battle of El Alamein

    Was a battle of the Second World War that took place near the Egyptian railway halt of El Alamein.

  • November 1942: British offensive in Lybia and Egypt.

  • 2. Arab-Israeli conflict


    is an ongoing conflict between Israel and its Arab neighbours, as well as with Palestine, an area factually controlled by Israel itself. The conflict begun when the British Mandate in Palestine (a former Ottoman territory) was partitioned into an Arab and a Jewish state.

    2.1.Palestine War

    Was a war that took place in Palestine, initially a British Mandate, between the Jewish population and the the Arab population (later with the support of the Arab league) of the region. It is traditionally divided in two phases: a civil war in the final phase of the British Mandate, and a full-scale invasion by a coalition of Arab countries after the British left Palestine. During the war the State of Israel was established.

    2.1.1.1948 Arab-Israeli War

    Was a war between the newly established State of Israel and a coalition of Arab states. It was the second phase of the Palestine War of 1948. After the evacuation of the British forces from the Mandate for Palestine, Israel declared its independence, and Palestine was invaded by a coalition of Arab states.

    2.1.1.1.Southern Front - Operation Uvda

    Was a military operation by Israeli forces during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War.

  • March 1948: On March 10, the Negev Brigade completed the occupation of southern Negev.

  • 2.1.1.2.Southern Front (1948 Arab-Israeli War)

    Were a series of battles on the southern front of the 1948 Arab-Israeli War at the beginning of the war.

  • May 1948: Until May 21, the Egyptian forces had occupied Beersheba and reached Bethlehem.
  • May 1948: Egyptian troops moved up the coast through what is now the Gaza Strip, to above Ashdod, before being stopped in late May.

  • 2.1.1.3.Southern Front - Operation Horev

    Was a military operation by Israeli forces during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War.

  • December 1948: On 29 December the Israeli Eighty-second and Ninth battallions arrived at the outksirts of El Arīsh (Egypt).

  • 2.1.2.1949 Armistice Agreements

    Were a series of agreements between Israel, Egypt, Lebanon, Jordan and Syria that formally ended the 1948 Arab-Israel War.

  • July 1949: By 20 July Israel made Armistice Agreements with Egypt, Lebanon, Transjordan, and Syria, ending the 1947-1949 Palestine war. Israel left the territories that it had occupied outside Mandatory Palestine.

  • 3. Further events (Unrelated to Any War)


  • January 1926: Giarabub was part of the Kingdom of Egypt until December 1925, when it was ceded to the Kingdom of Italy as part of the agreement to fix the Egyptian-Libyan border.

  • June 1953: The Republic of Egypt, was a state forged in 1953 under the rule of Mohammed Naguib following the Egyptian Revolution of 1952 in which the Kingdom of Egypt's Muhammad Ali Dynasty came to an end.

  • Disestablishment


  • June 1953: The Republic of Egypt, was a state forged in 1953 under the rule of Mohammed Naguib following the Egyptian Revolution of 1952 in which the Kingdom of Egypt's Muhammad Ali Dynasty came to an end.
  • Selected Sources


  • Filiu, J. (2023): Gaza - A History, Hurst Publishers, Chapter 4 "The Catastrophe"
  • Gilbert, M. (2012): The Routledge Atlas of the Arab-Israeli Conflict, 10th Edition, Routledge, p.50
  • Morris, B. (2008): 1948: A History of the First Arab-Israeli War, Yale University Press, p.234,
  • Morris, B. (2008): 1948: A History of the First Arab-Israeli War, Yale University Press, p.346
  • North Africa, Auchinleck's Offensive, 18 November-31 December 1941. United States Military Academy West Point. Retrieved on March, 26th, 2024 on https://s3.amazonaws.com/usma-media/inline-images/academics/academic_departments/history/WWII%20Europe%20Med/WWIIEurope35Combined.jpg
  • North Africa, Graziani's Advance And Wavell's Offensive,13 September 1940 -7 February 1941. United States Military Academy West Point. Retrieved on March, 26th, 2024 on https://s3.amazonaws.com/usma-media/inline-images/academics/academic_departments/history/WWII%20Europe%20Med/WWIIEurope34Combined.jpg
  • Operation Uvda (March 5 - March 10, 1949). Jewish Virtual Library. Retrieved on 6 April 2024 on https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/operation-uvda
  • Pursuit To Tunisia, November 1942-February 1943. United States Military Academy West Point. Retrieved on March, 26th, 2024 on https://s3.amazonaws.com/usma-media/inline-images/academics/academic_departments/history/WWII%20Europe%20Med/WWIIEurope38Combined.jpg
  • Williams, M.H. (1989): United States army in World War II - Special Studies - Chronology 1941-1945, p.43
  • Williams, M.H. (1989): United States army in World War II - Special Studies - Chronology 1941-1945, p.53
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