Chapter 1. Chapter 2. Chapter 3. Chapter 4. Chapter 5. Chapter 6. Chapter 7. Chapter 8. Enclosure 'A' NORTH AFRICAN STRATEGY This book is intended for distribution to Allied and neutral staffs, M.As., etc. Its purpose is to show that British military action in the Middle East and North Africa has followed a consistent policy, and that while its execution had necessarily been modified by changing circumstances, the long-term view has been consistently held and developed. 1939 June, 1940 The position in the Middle East General Weygand's Army of the Levant British Forces in Egypt and Palestine The possible employment of those forces (the Balkans, Turkey, the Caucasus) The policy of non-provocation of Italy The position on the fall of France Italy's entry into the war.