In Egypt, the Western Desert is an area of the Sahara that lies west of the river Nile, up to the Libyan border, and south from the Mediterranean Sea to...
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The Western Desert campaign (Desert War) took place in the deserts of Egypt and Libya and was the main theatre in the North African campaign of the Second...
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‹ The template Infobox language is being considered for merging. › The Western Desert language, or Wati, is a dialect cluster of Australian Aboriginal languages...
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and western Iraq. It accounts for about 85% of the land area of Jordan and 55% of Syria. To the south, it borders and merges into the Arabian Desert. The...
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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...
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A desert is a landscape where little precipitation occurs and, consequently, living conditions create unique biomes and ecosystems. The lack of vegetation...
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The Desert Air Force (DAF), also known chronologically as Air Headquarters Western Desert, Air Headquarters Libya, the Western Desert Air Force, and the...
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Desert (not to be confused with the Libyan Sahara) is a geographical region filling the northeastern Sahara Desert, from eastern Libya to the Western...
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Deserts of Australia (redirect from Australian Desert)
it is practically desert. Collectively known as the Great Australian desert, they are primarily distributed throughout the Western Plateau and interior...
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The Western Desert is part of the Sahara Desert in Egypt, west of the River Nile. Western Desert may also refer to: Western Desert (Iraq), part of the...
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The Western Desert cultural bloc (also capitalised, abbreviated to WDCB, or just Western Desert) is a cultural region in central Australia covering about...
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Chukka boot (redirect from Desert boots)
Generally, "chukka boot" refers to a form of desert boots originally worn by British soldiers in the Western Desert Campaign of World War II. Chukkas are usually...
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Geography of Egypt (section Western Desert)
physical regions: Nile Valley and Nile Delta Western Desert (from the Nile west to the Libyan border) Eastern Desert (extends from the Nile Valley all the way...
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7th Armoured Division (United Kingdom) (redirect from Desert Rats)
insignia giving rise to the nickname Desert Rats. The division fought in most of the major battles of the Western Desert campaign, was then engaged in the...
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in the eastern Sahara, in the deserts of eastern Libya and western Egypt. Fragments of desert glass can be found over areas of tens of square kilometers...
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(10ª Armata) ended border skirmishing on the frontier and began the Western Desert Campaign (1940–1943) proper. The Italian strategy was to advance from...
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Pelusium Fort, Tharu city fortifications. Siwa Oasis fortification, Western desert of Egypt Qasr Allam fort The ancient castle at Buhen Fort of Kubban...
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The Great Sandy Desert is an interim Australian bioregion, located in the northeast of Western Australia straddling the Pilbara and southern Kimberley...
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Papunya Tula (redirect from Western Desert art movement)
Aboriginal people from the Western Desert of Australia. The group is known for its innovative work with the Western Desert Art Movement, popularly referred...
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small western portions of Nuevo León. With an area of about 501,896 km2 (193,783 sq mi), it is the largest hot desert in North America. The desert is fairly...
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9 in) in length. Both western and eastern forms of the desert wheatear are rare vagrants to western Europe. The western desert wheatear breeds in the...
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the origins of the British Army Special Air Service (SAS) during the Western Desert Campaign of World War II. The storyline is a broadly accurate representation...
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Benghazi burner (section The Western Desert campaign)
World War, during and after the North African Campaign. As used in the Western Desert campaign, the Benghazi burner itself consisted of a single empty steel...
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The Long Range Desert Group (LRDG) was a reconnaissance and raiding unit of the British Army during the Second World War. Originally called the Long Range...
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Ice Cold in Alex (redirect from Desert attack)
Ice Cold in Alex is a 1958 British war film set during the Western Desert campaign of World War II based on the novel of the same name by Christopher Landon...
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Mike Sadler (category Long Range Desert Group personnel)
his release to join the British Eighth Army for the remainder of the Western Desert campaign. In early 1944, Sadler was stationed in Darvel, Scotland, to...
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Central Ranges taipan (redirect from Western Desert taipan)
The Central Ranges taipan, or Western Desert taipan (Oxyuranus temporalis), is a species of taipan that was described in 2007 by Australian researchers...
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North America, part of the Holarctic realm of the northern Western Hemisphere. The desert contains a variety of unique endemic plants and animals, notably...
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The Thar Desert, also known as the Great Indian Desert, is an arid region in the north-western part of the Indian subcontinent that covers an area of...
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List of deserts (redirect from African desert)
largest hot desert which covers much of North Africa comprising: Ténéré – a desert covering northeastern Niger and western Chad Tanezrouft – a desert covering...
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