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The British Army remained in Egypt throughout the First World War and, after the War, remained there to protect the Suez Canal. [1] Following Egypt's independence in 1922, the United Kingdom and Egypt entered into a treaty in 1936 whereby British troops remained to protect the canal and to train the Egyptian Army. [1]
The British Army on Campaign: vol 4: 1882–1902 (Osprey Publishing, 1988). Halvorson, D. "Prestige, prudence and public opinion in the 1882 British occupation of Egypt." Australian Journal of Politics and History (2010) 56#3, 423–440. online free; Hopkins, Anthony G. "The Victorians and Africa: a reconsideration of the occupation of Egypt ...
British soldiers and Egyptian Labour Corps men in a YMCA hut at Dunkirk, 24 May 1917. Members of the Egyptian Labour Corps (ELC) mutinied at their camps in France in 1917. . The unit had been formed in the British protectorate of Egypt to provide non-combat labour to assist British forces in the First World
Egyptian and British soldiers on standby during the 1919 riots Female nationalists demonstrating in Cairo in 1919. In the aftermath of World War I, the large British Imperial Army in Egypt which was the centre of operations against the Ottoman Empire was quickly reduced with demobilisation and restructuring of garrisons.
The Force in Egypt was a British Army formation established in August 1914 to administer garrisoning armed forces in Egypt at the beginning of the First World War.The force had the objective of protecting the Suez Canal and was originally commanded by Major General Julian Byng, [1] but he was replaced by General John Maxwell, who took command on 8 September 1914. [2]
The Eighth Army was a field army of the British Army during the Second World War.It was formed as the Western Army on 10 September 1941, in Egypt, before being renamed the Army of the Nile and then the Eighth Army on 26 September.
The Western Desert Force (WDF) was a British Army formation active in Egypt during the Western Desert Campaign of the Second World War. On 17 June 1940, the headquarters of the British 6th Infantry Division was designated as the Western Desert Force. [1] The formation consisted of the British 7th Armoured Division and the 4th Indian Infantry ...
The Egyptian Labour Corps (also known as the ELC or Labour Corps) was a group of Egyptian labourers who worked for the British Army in Egypt during the First World War's Sinai and Palestine Campaign. Historical context