At the outset of WWII the British were in Egypt and the Suez Canal, which acted as a crucial link to much of the British Empire was of the utmost strategic importance.
At the outset of WWII the British were in Egypt and the Suez Canal, which acted as a crucial link to much of the British Empire was of the utmost strategic importance.
在二战爆发时，英军驻防的埃及和苏伊士运河是将大半个英帝国连接起来的要津，具有头等战略重要性。