5314462 WWII-1940 North African Campaign-The italian invasion of Aegypt, La Domenica del Corriere September 22nd 1940 by Beltrame, Achille (1871-1945); (add.info.: WWII-1940 North African Campaign-The italian invasion of Aegypt, La Domenica del Corriere September 22nd 1940. Print A. Beltrame. The Italian Invasion of Egypt was an Italian offensive action against British, Commonwealth and Free French forces during the Western Desert Campaign of the Second World War. Initially, the goal of the offensive was to seize the Suez Canal.); SeM Studio/UIG.