On the night of 1942 , the 2nd Battalion of the Rifle Brigade ( part of the 7th Motor Brigade ) , with thirteen 6-pounder anti-tank guns and the 239th Battery , 76th Anti-Tank Regiment RA , with six more 6-pounders , was ordered Arranging to occupy Control a desert feature known as Snipe , a small depression in the landscape south-west of Kidney Ridge that was suitable for an outpost .

On the night of January 22 to 23 , the French attacked Attack a group of jihadists in the desert about 130 kilometers north of Timbuktu .

three aircraft were forced Motion to land at dawson 's field , a remote Escaping desert airstrip near zarqa , jordan , formerly royal air force station unk , which then became Becoming pflp 's unk airport ' .

The attack Attack by the Anzac Mounted Division took place Process_start against an entrenched Ottoman Army garrison to the south and east of Bir Lahfan in the Sinai desert , some inland from the Mediterranean coast .

Patrols and reconnaissances Scrutiny were carried out Military_operation by British forces , to protect the continuing construction of the railway and water pipeline and to deny Preventing_or_letting passage across the Sinai desert to the Ottoman forces by destroying Destroying water cisterns and wells .

The car , a desert gold and sand dune white two-tone sport coupe which displayed only four miles on its odometer , was entombed Placing as part of the city of Tulsa 's `` Tulsarama '' Golden Jubilee Week festivities celebrating Oklahoma 's 50th year of statehood .

The 7th Armoured Division ( Major-General Sir Michael O'Moore Creagh ) was dispatched Sending to intercept Attack the remnants of the 10th Army by moving Self_motion through the desert , south of the Jebel Akhdar ( Green Mountain ) via Msus and Antelat as the 6th Australian Division pursued Self_motion the Italians along the coast road , north of the jebel .

The fortress was located on an eminence , on the edge of a desert from which the surrounding Surrounding area could be easily controlled Control .

The Sahel is the ecoclimatic and biogeographic zone of transition between the Sahara desert in the north of Africa and the Sudanian savannas in the south , covering an area of 3,053,200 square kilometers .

The name itself is a portmanteau of the Hebrew word for `` desert '' ( מידבר `` midbar '' ) and the English word `` burn '' in reference to the annual Burning Man festival in the Nevada desert .

The name itself is a portmanteau of the Hebrew word for `` desert '' ( מידבר `` midbar '' ) and the English word `` burn '' in reference to the annual Burning Man festival in the Nevada desert .

During their detention Arrest , according to former detainee Marine Scott Fallon , they endured Change_sentiment a mock execution in which they were marched Self_motion into the desert and made to stand Placing blindfolded in front of a ditch while their captors cocked Body_movement their weapons .

over 21,000 soldiers took part in the ground exercise Practice desert rock v in conjunction with the `` grable '' shot Use_firearm .

the gulf war ( 2 august unk february 1991 ) , codenamed operation desert shield ( 2 august unk january 1991 ) for operations leading to the buildup of troops and defense Defending of saudi arabia and operation desert storm Catastrophe ( 17 january unk february 1991 ) in its combat Hostile_encounter phase , was a war waged by coalition forces from 35 nations led by the united states against iraq in response Response to iraq 's invasion Attack and annexation of kuwait arising Coming_to_be from oil pricing and production disputes .

the gulf war ( 2 august unk february 1991 ) , codenamed operation desert shield ( 2 august unk january 1991 ) for operations leading to the buildup of troops and defense Defending of saudi arabia and operation desert storm Catastrophe ( 17 january unk february 1991 ) in its combat Hostile_encounter phase , was a war waged by coalition forces from 35 nations led by the united states against iraq in response Response to iraq 's invasion Attack and annexation of kuwait arising Coming_to_be from oil pricing and production disputes .

the war has also earned Earnings_and_losses the nickname Name_conferral video game war after the daily broadcast of images from cameras on board us bombers during operation desert storm .