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Winston Churchill - Western Desert campaign

Time: Tuesday Jun 11, 1940

Place: Egypt and Libya

Details: Churchill was determined to fight back and ordered the commencement of the Western Desert campaign on 11 June, an immediate response to the Italian declaration of war. This went well at first while the Italian army was the sole opposition and Operation Compass was a noted success.

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