Baggush Box
| Baggush Box | |
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| Part of Western Desert Campaign of Second World War | |
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Maaten Baggush Near Mersa Matruh in Egypt | |
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20th New Zealand Infantry Battalion marching in Baggush, Egypt, September 1941 | |
| Coordinates | 31°20′N 27°13′E / 31.333°N 27.217°ECoordinates: 31°20′N 27°13′E / 31.333°N 27.217°E |
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The Baggush Box was a British Army field fortification built in the Western Desert during the World War II Western Desert Campaign.[1] It was constructed by O'Connor's men to help repel the Italian invasion of Egypt in 1940 under Graziani.[2] It was located near Maarten Baggush, to the east of Marsa Matruh
Footnotes
References
- Glue, W. A.; Pringle, D. J. C. (1957). "5 Battalion area in the Baggush Box, November 1941". 20 Battalion and Armoured Regiment. The Official History of New Zealand in the Second World War 1939–1945. Wellington, NZ: War History Branch, Dept. of Internal Affairs. p. 114. OCLC 4373441. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
- Ross, A. (1959). "7 Three Interludes: Kabrit, El Adem, Syria". 23 Battalion. The Official History of New Zealand in the Second World War 1939–1945. Wellington, NZ: War History Branch, Dept. of Internal Affairs. pp. 132–141. OCLC 4392594. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
- Sinclair, D. W. (1954). "5 Baggush Box". 19 Battalion and Armoured Regiment. The Official History of New Zealand in the Second World War 1939–1945. Wellington, NZ: War History Branch, Dept. of Internal Affairs. pp. 35–50. OCLC 173284782. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
