Britain’s soldiers stood in their classic and indomitable position: with their backs against the wall. West of Suez there was no other place to make a stand. Behind them was Cairo, capital of Egypt; ...
As the last whiff of smoke blew off the wreck-strewn El Hemeimat battlefield, one thing appeared to be certain: the British had not only rocked Rommel’s Afrika Korps back on its heels; they had given ...
The Greek mercenary Phanes of Halicarnassus aided Persia in conquering Egypt in one of history’s most intriguing accounts.