1941 1942 Associated articles The Baggush Box was a British Army field fortification built in the Western Desert near Maaten Baggush, 35 miles (56 km) east of Mersa Matruh during the Western Desert Campaign of World War II.

The box was built by men of the Western Desert Force (Lieutenant-General Richard O'Connor) as a tented camp, with offices, said to be bomb-proof dug under sand dunes, as a temporary billet for troops taking part in operations against the Italian invasion of Egypt in 1940 by the Italian 10th Army.

[1] On 28 June, Marshal of the Air Force (Maresciallo dell'Aria) Italo Balbo, Governor-General of Libya and Commander-in-Chief of Italian North Africa (Africa Settentrionale Italiana ASI), flew a reconnaissance sortie over Sidi Barrani and Maaten Baggush.

[2] On 26 November, O'Connor held a meeting at the Baggush Box after the completion of "Training Exercise No.

[3] Before the offensive began O'Connor vacated the Baggush Box for a forward headquarters and Lieutenant-General Henry Maitland Wilson the General Officer Commanding-in-Chief of the British Troops in Egypt took over the headquarters.