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During the Second World War, the North African Campaign took place in North Africa from 10 June 1940 to 13 May 1943. It included campaigns fought in the Libyan and Egyptian deserts (Western Desert Campaign, also known as the Desert War) and in Morocco and Algeria (Operation Torch) and Tunisia (Tunisia Campaign). The campaign was fought between the Allies and Axis powers, many of whom had ...
ISBN. 978-1-4104-6321-0. OCLC. 49383747. Followed by. The Day of Battle: The War in Sicily and Italy, 1943–1944. An Army at Dawn: The War in North Africa, 1942–1943 is a Pulitzer Prize –winning book written in 2002 by long-time Washington Post correspondent Rick Atkinson. The book is a history of the North African Campaign, particularly ...
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1.1 Erwin Rommel. 1.2 Sir Bernard Law Montgomery. 2 Campaigns. 2.1 Western Desert campaign. 2.2 Operation Torch. 2.3 Tunisian campaign. 3 See also.
Operation Crusader (18 November – 30 December 1941) was a military operation of the Western Desert Campaign during the Second World War by the British Eighth Army (with Commonwealth, Indian and Allied contingents) against the Axis forces (German and Italian) in North Africa commanded by Generalleutnant (Lieutenant-General) Erwin Rommel.
Timeline of the North African Campaign. 10 June: The Kingdom of Italy declares war upon France and the United Kingdom[1] 14 June: British forces cross from Egypt into Libya and capture Fort Capuzzo[2] 16 June: The first tank battle of the North African Campaign takes place, the "Battle of Girba"[2] 13 September: Italian forces invade Egypt from Libya 16 September: Italian forces establish ...
