Egypt under king Farouk from the Muhammad Ali dynasty is quite undecided whether to side with the western democracies or the Axis Powers in World War II. So far, the country has declared martial law and cut off connections to Nazi Germany. But the young king would love to be king of Sudan as well...
In March 1940, two divisions from British India were moved here. They didn't arrive much too soon, as after Italy's declaration of war in June, skirmishes soon started.
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