What is the Egyptian Army?
Q: What is the Egyptian Army?
A: The Egyptian Army is the largest service branch in the Egyptian Armed Forces.
Q: Who started the modern army in Egypt?
A: Muhammad Ali Pasha (ruled 1805–1849) started the modern army in Egypt.
Q: What were the most significant engagements of the Egyptian Army in the 20th century?
A: The most significant engagements of the Egyptian Army in the 20th century were in Egypt's five wars with the State of Israel and the Suez Crisis of 1956.
Q: Which countries did the Egyptian Army fight against in the Suez Crisis of 1956?
A: The Egyptian Army fought against the forces of Britain and France in the Suez Crisis of 1956.
Q: Other than the Israel conflicts, which other wars has the Egyptian Army engaged in?
A: The Egyptian Army engaged in the North Yemen civil war and the brief Libyan-Egyptian War in July 1977.
Q: What was the Egyptian Army's last major engagement?
A: The Egyptian Army's last major engagement was Operation Desert Storm, the liberation of Kuwait from Iraqi occupation in 1991.
Q: How many soldiers were in the army in 2014?
A: In 2014, the army had about 310,000 soldiers, approximately 90,000–120,000 of them were professionals, while the rest were conscripts.
