User:IWHBYD/Battle of Egypt

The Battle of Egypt was a large-scale engagement in the Human-Covenant War. It was fought between the UNSCDF and the Covenant Loyalists during the Battle of Earth in and around Egypt.

Background
In the year 2552, the Covenant Empire managed to inadvertently discover the planet Earth -- homeworld of Humanity. In Fall of the same year, Earth came under attack by two separate fleets; first, by a small fleet led by the High Prophet of Regret and again by a much larger armada under the command of the High Prophet of Truth.

Covenant forces quickly began to spread across the surface of Earth with a majority of their forces concentrated over the continent of Africa as they were in search of a powerful Forerunner artifact. Though they were spread thin at this point, the UNSC forces in Africa continued to resist the Covenant occupiers.