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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, the headquarters of the British 6th Infantry Division was designated as the Western Desert Force. The formation consisted of the British 7th Armoured Division and the 4th Indian Infantry Division. The force was commanded by Major-General Richard Nugent O'Connor. In September 1940, at the time of the Italian invasion of Egypt, the Western Desert Force consisted of roughly 36,000 soldiers and about 65 tanks.

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  • Western Desert Force (en)
  • Força del Desert Occidental (ca)
  • Western Desert Force (es)
  • Western Desert Force (it)
  • Western Desert Force (nl)
  • Армия «Нил» (ru)
  • Армія Західної Пустелі (uk)
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  • La Força del Desert Occidental (anglès: Western Desert Force) va ser una formació de la Commonwealth que lluità en la Segona Guerra Mundial, estacionada a Egipte. (ca)
  • Western Desert Force fue una formación del Ejército Británico que operó en Egipto durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial. El 17 de junio de 1940, el cuartel general de la 6.ª División de Infantería británica fue designado como Fuerza del Ejército Occidental. La formación consistía en la 7.ª División Acorazada y en la 4.ª División india de Infantería y fue comandada por el Mayor General Richard O'Connor. En septiembre de 1940, cuando comenzó la Invasión italiana de Egipto, la Western Desert Force contaba con aproximadamente 36.000 soldados y 65 tanques. (es)
  • Western Desert Force (Forza operativa del Deserto Occidentale) era la denominazione assegnata nell'estate 1940 alle truppe britanniche impegnate sul fronte libico-egiziano, durante la seconda guerra mondiale, contro l'Esercito italiano schierato in Libia al comando del maresciallo Graziani. Dopo una breve fase di ripiegamento in Egitto (settembre 1940), le forze britanniche, dopo aver ricevuto rinforzi meccanizzati, passarono alla controffensiva sbaragliando le truppe avversarie nel dicembre 1940. (it)
  • De Western Desert Force was een Brits-Gemenebest legereenheid die tijdens de Tweede Wereldoorlog was gestationeerd in Egypte. (nl)
  • Армия «Нил» — британская армия, действовавшая во время Второй мировой войны в Северной Африке. Официальное название Силы Западной пустыни (англ. Western Desert Force), однако в русскоязычных источниках обычно упоминается как Армия «Нил». (ru)
  • Армія Західної Пустелі (англ. Western Desert Force) — військове об'єднання армії Великої Британії, що діяло на півночі Африки під час кампанії в Лівійській пустелі часів Другої світової війни. (uk)
  • 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. The formation consisted of the British 7th Armoured Division and the 4th Indian Infantry Division. The force was commanded by Major-General Richard Nugent O'Connor. In September 1940, at the time of the Italian invasion of Egypt, the Western Desert Force consisted of roughly 36,000 soldiers and about 65 tanks. (en)
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