1942, 27 July - World War II: North Africa
In General Sir Claude Auchinleck's final offensive of the First Battle of El Alamein, the 9th Australian Division of the XXX Corps attacks the Miteirya Ridge. Both sides are now short of supplies and are effectively at a stand-still.
1954, 27 July
The British military presence in Egypt which began in 1881, to suppress a revolution by Egyptian army Colonel Ahmed Ali, is finally at an end. 65,000 British troops and airmen are to leave the Suez Canal region under an agreement reached between the British government and Egyptian Prime Minister Gamal Nasser. British troops should be out of Egypt by the end of 1956.
1975, 27 July
With increasing tension in Angola, with Cuban forces fighting on behalf of the Movimento Popular de Libertação de Angola (MPLA, Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola) and South African troops for União Nacional para a Independência Total de Angola (UNITA, National Union for the Total Independence of Angola), the British government closes its consulate and evacuates British citizens from the country.
