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Egypt
Wikidata · Q79
Active span
1882 – 1991
Profile
Egypt, officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a country predominantly in Africa, with a land bridge into Asia via the Sinai Peninsula. It is a transcontinental country. It is bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Israel and the Gaza Strip to the northeast, the Red Sea to the east, Sudan to the south, and Libya to the west. It is the 13th most populous country in the world, with a population of 119 million.
Where they fought
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When they fought
24 battles · 6 wars
Most active in 1991 — 8 catalogued battles.
Battles
24 engagements
August 5, 1882
Battle of Kafr-el-Dawwar
Anglo-Egyptian War
July 13, 1882
Bombardment of Alexandria
Anglo-Egyptian War
January 25, 1952
1952 Clash of Ismailia
Anglo-Egyptian War
November 1, 1956
Operation Musketeer
Suez Crisis
June 6, 1967
Battle of Abu-Ageila
Six-Day War (1967)
June 6, 1967
Battle of Ammunition Hill
Six-Day War (1967)
July 11, 1967
Battle of Rumani Coast
War of Attrition
June 5, 1967
Operation Focus
Six-Day War (1967)
March 21, 1968
Battle of Karameh
War of Attrition
October 9, 1973
Battle of Baltim
Yom Kippur War
October 7, 1973
Battle of Latakia
Yom Kippur War
January 1, 1973
Battle of the Chinese Farm
Yom Kippur War
October 6, 1973
Ofira Air Battle
Yom Kippur War
January 1, 1973
Operation Badr
Yom Kippur War
August 2, 1990
Battle of Dasman Palace
Gulf War
January 17, 1991
1991 Iraqi missile attacks against Israel
Gulf War
February 13, 1991
Amiriyah shelter bombing
Gulf War
February 26, 1991
Battle of 73 Easting
Gulf War
February 27, 1991
Battle of Norfolk
Gulf War
Feb 1991
Hundred-Hour Ground War
Gulf War
Jan 1991
Khafji
Gulf War
27 Feb 1991
Medina Ridge
Gulf War
January 17, 1991
Operation Desert Storm
Gulf War
August 2, 2009
Iraqi invasion of Kuwait
Gulf War
Commanders of Egypt
18 catalogued
Abdel Ghani el-Gamasy
field marshal1921–2003
Abdel Hakim Amer
army general1919–1967
Abdul Munim Riad
general1919–1969
Abdul Rahman Arif
general1916–2007
Ahmad Ismail Ali
field marshal1917–1974
Anwar Sadat
marshal1918–1981
Fadal Hussein
Fouad Abou Zikry
admiral1923–1983
Gamal Abdel Nasser
colonel1918–1970
Hafez al-Assad
general1930–2000
Hosni Mubarak
air marshal1928–2020
Ibrahim El-Orabi
lieutenant general1931–2019
King Hussein
army general1935–1999
Mohammed Atef
1944–2001
Mustafa Tlass
colonel general1932–2017
Naji Jamil
1932–2014
Saad el-Shazly
lieutenant general1922–2011
Yusuf Shakkur
general1926–2018
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