Archibald WavellSeptember 1940
Directs British Middle East forces defending Egypt, the Nile Delta and the Suez Canal against Italian pressure from Libya.
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Directs British Middle East forces defending Egypt, the Nile Delta and the Suez Canal against Italian pressure from Libya.
Takes command of the new Eighth Army, formed to defend Egypt and restore the western desert front before the Suez Canal.
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