<P> The Partisans were a major Yugoslav resistance movement against the Axis occupation and partition of Yugoslavia . Initially the Partisans were in rivalry with the Chetniks over control of the resistance movement . However, the Partisans were recognized by both the Eastern and Western Allies as the primary resistance movement in 1943 . After that, their strength increased rapidly, from 100,000 at the beginning of 1943 to over 648,000 in September 1944 . In 1945 they were transformed into the Yugoslav army, organized in 4 field armies with 800,000 fighters . </P> <P> The Chetniks, the short name given to the movement titled the Yugoslav Army of the Fatherland, were initially a major Allied Yugoslav resistance movement . However, due to their royalist and anti-communist views, Chetniks were considered to have begun collaborating with the Axis as a tactical move to focus on destroying their Partisan rivals . The Chetniks presented themselves as a Yugoslav movement, but were primarily a Serb movement . They reached their peak in 1943 with 93,000 fighters . Their major contribution was Operation Halyard in 1944 . In collaboration with the OSS, 413 Allied airmen shot down over Yugoslavia were rescued and evacuated . </P> <P> The United Kingdom controlled Egypt and used it as a major base for Allied operations throughout the region, especially the battles in North Africa against Italy and Germany . Its highest priorities were control of the Eastern Mediterranean, and especially keeping the Suez Canal open for merchant ships and for military connections with India and Australia . </P> <P> The Kingdom of Egypt was nominally an independent state since 1922 but effectively remained in the British sphere of influence with the British Mediterranean fleet being stationed in Alexandria and British Army forces being stationed in the Suez Canal zone . Egypt faced an Axis campaign led by Italian and German forces during the war . British frustration over King Farouk's reign over Egypt resulted in the Abdeen Palace Incident of 1942 where British Army forces surrounded the royal Abdeen Palace and demanded a new government be established, nearly forcing the abdication of Farouk until he submitted to British demands . The Kingdom of Egypt joined the United Nations on 24 February 1945 . </P>

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