List of Battles of Egypt

  • Battle of Qadesh-circa 1274 BC- Pharaonic Egypt and the Hittites end in a draw, yet Ramesses II reports of a clear-cut victory.
  • Battle of the Delta - circa 1178 BC - was a great sea battle between Egypt and the so-called Sea Peoples
  • 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.

Greco-Roman

  • Battle of Raphia, also known as the Battle of Gaza near modern Rafah - 217 BC - between Ptolemy IV Philopator and Antiochus III the Great
  • Battle of the Nile (47 BC) - 47 BC - Caesar defeats the forces of the Egyptian king Ptolemy XIII

Arabic

  • Battle of Heliopolis - 639 AD- Arabic forces lead by 'Amr ibn al-'As defeated Roman forces

Medieval

  • Battle of Ascalon - 1099 - during the First Crusade
  • Battle of al-Babein - 1167 - Amalric I and Shirkuh for control of Egypt. Saladin served as Shirkuh’s highest ranking officer in the battle.
  • Siege of Damietta - 1219 - in the Fifth Crusade between Al-Adil & the Crusaders.
  • Battle of Ain Jalut - 1260 - between the Egyptian Mamluks and the Mongols in Palestine.
  • Battle of Al Mansurah - 1248 - during the 7th Crusade. French forces led by Louis IX of France, were defeated by Ayyubid forces.
  • Battle of Ridanieh - 1517 - between the Ottoman Sultan Selim I & the Mamluks lead by Al-Ashraf Tuman Bay

Modern

  • Battle of the Pyramids - 1798 - Napoleon defeats Mameluks in Egypt
  • Battle of the Nile - 1798 - Defeat of Napoleonic forces in Egypt
  • Battle of Abukir Bay - 1798 - Between Napoleon Bonaparte's army and Seid Mustafa Pasha's Turkish army.
  • Battle of Alexandria - 1801 - between the French army under General Menou and the British expeditionary corps under Sir Ralph Abercrombie, it took place near the ruins of Nicopolis.
  • Battle of Abukir - 1801 - was the second battle of the Egyptian campaign between British army and the French army.
  • Bombardment of Alexandria - 1882 - by the British Fleet against the forces of Col. Urabi and their port fortifications.
  • Battle of Kafr el-Dawwar - 1882 - Ahmed Urabi defeated British forces.
  • Battle of Tel al-Kebir - 1882 - Defeat of Urabi by British.
  • Battle of Toski (Tushkah) - 1889 -between the Anglo-Egyptian forces and the Mahdist Sudanese forces.

World War I

  • Sinai and Palestine Campaign - 1914 - By Turkish army.
  • Battle of Romani - 1916 - Between Turkish army and British army.
  • Battle of Magdhaba - 1916 - Between British army & Turkish army.
  • Battle of fort of Rafa - 1917 - Between British army & Turkish army.
  • First Battle of Gaza - 1917 - Between Turkish army and British army.
  • Second Battle of Gaza - 1917 - Between British army & Turkish army.
  • Third Battle of Gaza - 1917 - Between British army & Turkish army.

World War II

  • Operation Compass - 1940 - British army counter attack against Italian army.
  • Battle of Gazala - 1942 - Axis attack on British Forces around Tobruk
  • Battle of Bir-el Harmat - 1942 - Axis attack on Jewish Brigade
  • 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 on Tunisia

Post World War II

  • Battle of Abu-Ageila - 1967 - between the Israeli and Egyptian military.
  • Ras Arab Raid or Operation Rooster 53 - 1969- Between Israel army and Egypt army.
  • Green Island Raid (Operation Bulmus 6) - 1969 - between Israel Forces and Egyptian army on an island in the Gulf of Suez.
  • The Crossing - 6 October 1973 - Egyptian army crossing of Suez Canal and Destruction of fortifications of Ber Leav line.
  • Mansura Air Battle on 14 October 1973 Between Israeli Air Force fighters & Egyptian Air Force fighters, Al Mansura was the greatest and most storied victory of Arab fighter pilots against the IAF.