TIMELINE OF… THE DESERT WAR
“OPERATION CRUSADER MARKS ROMMEL’S FIRST DEFEAT IN NORTH AFRICA, BUT THE ALLIED VICTORY IS HARD WON”
September-December 1940
ITALIAN INVASION OF EGYPT
Italian divisions invade Egypt, with the ultimate aim of seizing the Suez Canal from the British. Although the British are heavily outnumbered, the Italians mistakenly leave many troops in camps at Sidi Barrani and fail to
