4 February 1942Abdeen Palace IncidentFarouk I Ahmed
Accepts a Wafd government after British forces surround Abdeen Palace.
Historical records for Egypt in 1942, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.
Accepts a Wafd government after British forces surround Abdeen Palace.
Forms a Wafd government after British pressure at Abdeen Palace before the El Alamein campaign.
Faces the threat of an Axis advance toward Alexandria as Rommel reaches El Alamein.
Rules Egypt while the First Battle of El Alamein halts the Axis advance west of Alexandria.
Remains Egypt's monarch as the Second Battle of El Alamein is fought in the Western Desert.
Maintains Egypt's wartime government during the Allied offensive at El Alamein.
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