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| 1943 |
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| Final repayment of the foreign debt, which had burdened the economy since the mid-19th century. Egypt's creditors were now (at least until the late 1950s) entirely Egyptian. | 1 |
| Publication of the Black Book, by former Wafdist Makram Ubayd, detailing corruption within the party. The book further eroded the credibility of the Wafd among nationalists. | 2 |
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| 1944, Oct. 7 |
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| Signing of the Alexandria Protocol, by which Egypt committed itself to joining the ARAB LEAGUE as a charter member. The decision was the culmination of a slow drift in Egyptian foreign policy toward pan-Arabism. Henceforth Egypt acted as the leading state in the Arab world. | 3 |
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| 1945, Feb. 24 |
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| Assassination of prime minister Ahmad Maher at the Parliament building on the same day Parliament approved a declaration of war against Germany. (See Egypt) | 4 |
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