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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