Western Desert

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arid region desert region

The Western Desert is a sparsely populated arid region in northeastern Africa, primarily in Egypt and Libya, that was a major theater of combat during the North African Campaign of World War II.

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All labels observed (11)

Label	Occurrences
Western Desert canonical	67
Western Desert of Egypt	24
Western Desert Front	6
Western Desert front	3
Egyptian Western Desert	1
Libyan desert frontier	1
Western Desert between Libya and Egypt	1
Western Desert fringe	1
Western Desert oases	1
Western Desert of North Africa	1
Western Desert region of Egypt	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	arid region ⓘ desert region ⓘ
borderedBy	Mediterranean Sea ⓘ Nile Valley ⓘ
climate	arid ⓘ
continent	Africa ⓘ
country	Egypt ⓘ Libya ⓘ
countryDuringWWII	Kingdom of Egypt ⓘ Libya ⓘ surface form: Kingdom of Libya
economicActivity	date cultivation in oases ⓘ oil exploration ⓘ phosphate mining ⓘ
extendsTo	Libyan border ⓘ Sudan border ⓘ
hasClimateCharacteristic	frequent sandstorms ⓘ high temperature extremes ⓘ very low annual rainfall ⓘ
hasSubregion	Bahariya Oasis ⓘ Dakhla Oasis ⓘ Farafra Oasis ⓘ Great Sand Sea ⓘ Kharga Oasis ⓘ Sahara Desert ⓘ surface form: Libyan Desert Qattara Depression ⓘ Siwa Oasis ⓘ
knownFor	North African campaign ⓘ surface form: North African Campaign of World War II World War II battles ⓘ surface form: World War II military operations
locatedIn	Northeast Africa ⓘ surface form: Northeastern Africa
notableBattle	Battle of El Alamein ⓘ Battle of Gazala ⓘ Battle of Mersa Matruh ⓘ Operation Compass ⓘ Operation Crusader ⓘ Battle of El Alamein ⓘ surface form: Second Battle of El Alamein
partOf	Sahara Desert ⓘ
populationDensity	sparsely populated ⓘ
strategicImportance	access to Suez Canal ⓘ control of North African supply routes ⓘ proximity to Middle Eastern oil fields ⓘ
terrainFeature	gravel plains ⓘ rocky plateaus ⓘ sand dunes ⓘ
usedBy	British Eighth Army ⓘ German Afrika Korps ⓘ Italian Tenth Army ⓘ
wasTheaterOf	North African campaign ⓘ surface form: North African Campaign World War II ⓘ surface form: Second World War North African campaign ⓘ surface form: Western Desert Campaign

Referenced by (107)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Panzer Army Africa → locationOfOperation → Western Desert ⓘ

Panzer Army Africa → historicalRegion → Western Desert ⓘ

this entity surface form: Western Desert of North Africa

Operation Crusader → theatre → Western Desert ⓘ

Operation Compass → location → Western Desert ⓘ

Battle of Gazala → front → Western Desert ⓘ

this entity surface form: Western Desert Front

Monty → theatreOfWar → Western Desert ⓘ

El Alamein → region → Western Desert ⓘ

Italian Trieste Division → theaterOfOperations → Western Desert ⓘ

Battle of Alam el Halfa → theatre → Western Desert ⓘ

Neil Ritchie → theatreOfOperations → Western Desert ⓘ

Cairo–Marsa Matruh line → regionServed → Western Desert ⓘ

this entity surface form: Western Desert region of Egypt

Egyptian Border Guard Forces → operatesIn → Western Desert ⓘ

this entity surface form: Western Desert of Egypt

Siwi → region → Western Desert ⓘ

this entity surface form: Western Desert of Egypt

Nile Valley → borderedBy → Western Desert ⓘ

Belhamed → conflictTheater → Western Desert ⓘ

Scetes → partOf → Western Desert ⓘ

this entity surface form: Western Desert of Egypt

Bir el Gubi → theaterOfOperations → Western Desert ⓘ

DAK → theaterOfOperations → Western Desert ⓘ

Operation Battleaxe → front → Western Desert ⓘ

this entity surface form: Western Desert Front

Qattara Depression → locatedIn → Western Desert ⓘ

Pepi I Meryre → foreignRelations → Western Desert ⓘ

this entity surface form: Western Desert oases

Sidi Rezegh → theater → Western Desert ⓘ

subject surface form: Battle of Sidi Rezegh

10th Army (Italy) → front → Western Desert ⓘ

this entity surface form: Western Desert front

10th Army (Italy) → geographicalContext → Western Desert ⓘ

this entity surface form: Western Desert between Libya and Egypt

Compass → location → Western Desert ⓘ

subject surface form: Operation Compass

Italian invasion of Egypt → location → Western Desert ⓘ

Italian invasion of Egypt → front → Western Desert ⓘ

this entity surface form: Western Desert Front

Operation Sonnenblume → front → Western Desert ⓘ

this entity surface form: Western Desert Front

Battle of Nibeiwa → front → Western Desert ⓘ

Battle of Nibeiwa → geographicalContext → Western Desert ⓘ

this entity surface form: Western Desert of Egypt

Battle of Sidi Barrani → hasLocation → Western Desert ⓘ

Battle of Sidi Barrani → front → Western Desert ⓘ

this entity surface form: Western Desert Front

Battle of Bardia → theatre → Western Desert ⓘ

Battle of Mareth Line → front → Western Desert ⓘ

subject surface form: Battle of the Mareth Line

this entity surface form: Western Desert front

Richard O'Connor → areaOfActivity → Western Desert ⓘ

Cairo–Asyut desert road → locatedIn → Western Desert ⓘ

Cairo–Asyut desert road → runsThrough → Western Desert ⓘ

this entity surface form: Western Desert of Egypt

British X Corps → engagement → Western Desert ⓘ

Beni Suef city → hasNearbyFeature → Western Desert ⓘ

subject surface form: Beni Suef

this entity surface form: Western Desert fringe

Tobruk → militaryTheater → Western Desert ⓘ

Cyrenaican Desert → borders → Western Desert ⓘ

this entity surface form: Egyptian Western Desert

El Alamein Italian Memorial → locatedIn → Western Desert ⓘ

Czech Institute of Egyptology → hasResearchSite → Western Desert ⓘ

this entity surface form: Western Desert of Egypt

Matrouh Governorate → partOfRegion → Western Desert ⓘ

this entity surface form: Western Desert of Egypt

El Alamein district → locatedIn → Western Desert ⓘ

Great Sand Sea → region → Western Desert ⓘ

this entity surface form: Western Desert of Egypt

Siwa Oasis → locatedIn → Western Desert ⓘ

this entity surface form: Western Desert of Egypt

Bahariya Oasis → locatedIn → Western Desert ⓘ

Farafra Oasis → locatedIn → Western Desert ⓘ

Farafra Oasis → partOf → Western Desert ⓘ

this entity surface form: Western Desert of Egypt