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The German Africa Corps ( German: Deutsches Afrikakorps, pronounced [ˈdɔʏtʃəs ˈʔaːfʁikaˌkoːɐ̯] ⓘ; DAK ), commonly known as Afrika Korps, was the German expeditionary force in Africa during the North African campaign of World War II. First sent as a holding force to shore up the Italian defense of its African colonies, the ...
The East African campaign (also known as the Abyssinian campaign) was fought in East Africa during the Second World War by Allies of World War II, mainly from the British Empire, against Italy and its colony of Italian East Africa, between June 1940 and November 1941. The British Middle East Command with troops from the United Kingdom, South ...
The North African Campaign was part of the Second World War. It took place in North Africa from 10 June 1940 to 13 May 1943. The campaign in North Africa included fighting in the Egyptian and Libyan Deserts (the Desert War), and in Morocco and Algeria (Operation Torch) and Tunisia (Tunisia Campaign). There was a see-saw series of battles for ...
La Campaña en África del Norte fue un frente de la Segunda Guerra Mundial. Tuvo lugar en el desierto de África del Norte, a partir del 10 de junio de 1940 y hasta el 16 de mayo de 1943. Incluyó campañas en la Libia Italiana y Reino de Egipto (Desierto Occidental), en el Protectorado francés de Marruecos y en la Argelia francesa (conocida ...
9 de mai. de 2024 · North Africa campaigns, (1940–43), in World War II, series of battles for control of North Africa. At stake was control of the Suez Canal, a vital lifeline for Britain’s colonial empire, and of the valuable oil reserves of the Middle East. Track the League of Nations' continual failure to check via diplomacy the Axis powers' pre-World War ...
Operation Crusader. Tobruk campaign map, 1941-42. With Allied attention focused on Greece, General Erwin Rommel transformed the situation in Africa. Driving east, he forced the Allies back into Egypt, leaving an Australian Division besieged in the Libyan port of Tobruk. After two unsuccessful attempts to relieve Tobruk, General Claude ...
