Egypt
See also: List of Battles of Egypt- Battle of Bitter Lakes - 925 BC - Shoshenq I of Egypt defeats a Bedouin incursion after surprising the enemy at the shores of the Bitter Lakes.
- Battle of Pelusium - 525 BC - Egypt almost annexed by Persia.
- Battle of the Nile (47 BC) - 47 BC - Julius Caesar defeats the forces of the Egyptian king Ptolemy XIII
- Battle of the Pyramids - 1798 - Napoleon defeats Mameluks in Egypt
- Battle of the Nile - 1798 - Defeat of Napoleonic forces in Egypt
- Battle of Kafr el-Dawwar - 1882 - Ahmed Urabi defeated British forces.
- Battle of Tel al-Kebir - 1882 - Defeat of Urabi by British
- Battle of Gazala - 1942 - Axis attack on British Forces around Tobruk
- Battle of Alam Halfa - 1942 - Axis attack on British Forces around El Alamein
- Battle of El Alamein - 1942 - Allied attack on Axis Forces
- Battle of Kasserine Pass - 1942 - Axis attack on Allied Forces (USA) on Tunisia
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“The LORD brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm, with a terrifying display of power, and with signs and wonders; and he brought us into this place and gave us this land, a land flowing with milk and honey.”
—Bible: Hebrew, Deuteronomy 26:8.
“Hieratic, slim and fair,
the tracery written here,
proclaims what’s left unsaid
in Egypt of her dead.”
—Hilda Doolittle (1886–1961)
“Go down, Moses
‘Way down in Egypt land,
Tell ole Pharaoh,
To let my people go.”
—Unknown. Go Down, Moses (l. 1–4)