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Events relating to egypt
Italian frogmen enter the harbour at Alexandria and cripple two British battleships
Auchinleck finally stops Rommel's advance, in the first battle of El Alamein
Rommel's new thrust towards Alexandria is halted by the British at Alam al-Halfa, a ridge near El Alamein
Montgomery launches the second battle of El Alamein against Rommel
Gamal Abdel Nasser and army colleagues form a secret party, the Free Officers, to fight for an independent Egyptian republic
Arab countries, gathered for a conference in Cairo, form the Arab League to further their joint interests
The Muslim Brotherhood carries out acts of terrorism against the Egyptian authorities and British troops
Egypt controls the Gaza Strip area of Palestine at the end of the Arab-Israeli war
A group of officers led by Gamal Abdel Nasser depose Egypt's king, Farouk, and send him into exile
Gamal Abd al-Nasser mounts another coup, this time against his colleague Mohammed Neguib, to make himself president of Egypt
Nasser escapes an assassination attempt by the fundamentalist Muslim Brotherhood
Nasser alarms the west by buying eastern-bloc arms through Czechoslovakia
The Sudan, declining the opportunity of union with Egypt, opts for independence as a separate state
The USA and Britain withdraw their offer of financial aid for Nasser's Aswan dam
Egypt's president Gamal Abdel Nasser nationalizes the Suez canal and wins Soviet finance for his Aswan dam
Nasser disregards a French and British ultimatum to withdraw from the Suez canal
Israeli troops invade the Sinai peninsula, a province of Egypt bordering the Suez canal
The British and French bomb Egyptian airfields, and land troops near Port Said and the Suez canal
Under international pressure Britain and France agree to a humiliating withdrawal from Suez
Egypt and Syria merge as the United Arab Republic (but disengage three years later)
Syria withdraws from the United Arab Republic (UAR) seeing it as unacceptably dominated by Egypt
The Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) is founded at a congress in East Jerusalem, then part of Jordan
An Arab League summit is held in Alexandria after the break-up of the union between Egypt and Syria
A pre-emptive air strike by Israel destroys almost all Egypt's aircraft and launches the Six-Day War
Israel captures the Gaza Strip and Sinai peninsula from Egypt
