The North African campaign of World War II took place in North Africa from 10 June 1940 to 13 May 1943, fought between the Allies and the Axis Powers...
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Simulations Publications, Inc. (SPI) in 1978 that simulates the entire North African Campaign of World War II. It is considered one of the most complex wargames...
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This is a timeline of the North African campaign. May 1940 — Army of Africa (France) — 14 regiments of zouaves, 42 regiments of Algerian, Tunisian and...
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The European–African–Middle Eastern Campaign Medal is a military award of the United States Armed Forces which was first created on November 6, 1942,...
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The North African campaign of World War II, sometimes called the "Desert War", includes the campaigns in Egypt and Libya (often referred to as the Western...
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Mediterranean and Middle East theatre of World War II (redirect from African Campaign of World War II)
interconnected naval, land, and air campaigns fought for control of the Mediterranean, North Africa, the Horn of Africa, the Middle East and Southern Europe...
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Tunisian campaign (also known as the Battle of Tunisia) was a series of battles that took place in Tunisia during the North African campaign of the Second...
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North Africa (sometimes Northern Africa) is a region encompassing the northern portion of the African continent. There is no singularly accepted scope...
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Desert in September 1941. It provided extensive service in the North African Campaign and many of its units were in action at the Second Battle of El...
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The African theatre of the First World War comprises campaigns in North Africa instigated by the German and Ottoman empires, local rebellions against European...
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and Palestine Campaign. Italy wished to preserve its gains from the Italo-Turkish War. The Senussi Campaign took place in North Africa from 23 November...
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Afrika Korps (redirect from German Africa Corps)
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...
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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...
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5th Panzer Army (category German units in Africa)
World War II. The first of these was formed in 1942, during the North African campaign and surrendered to the Allies at Tunis in 1943. The army was re-formed...
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M3 Lee (section North African campaign)
using the M3 Lee when it arrived in North Africa. The M3 was generally appreciated during the North African campaign for its mechanical reliability, good...
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As the number of German troops committed to the North African Campaign of World War II grew from the initial commitment of a small corps, the Germans developed...
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Muslim conquest of the Maghreb (redirect from Muslim conquest of North Africa)
lost its last remaining strongholds to Caliph Al-Walid I. The North African campaigns were part of the century of rapid early Muslim conquests. By 642...
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African theatre of World War I 1914–1918 East African campaign 1914–1916 Kamerun campaign 1914 Togoland Campaign 1914–1915 South West Africa campaign...
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1943 the area was the setting for the North African Campaign. During the 1950s and 1960s, all of the North African states gained independence. There remains...
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part of the Panzer Army Africa during its deployment to North Africa. Prince Claus of the Netherlands Western Desert Campaign List of German divisions...
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the flight against German and Italian forces in the North African campaign and Western Desert campaign. Later the bases supported the invasion of Italy....
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George S. Patton (section North African campaign)
assigned a key role in Operation Fortitude, the Allies' military deception campaign for Operation Overlord. At the start of the Western Allied invasion of...
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The East African campaign in World War I was a series of battles and guerrilla actions, which started in German East Africa (GEA) and spread to portions...
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William Gott (category Military personnel from Scarborough, North Yorkshire)
while serving with the British Eighth Army in the Western Desert and North Africa from 1940 to 1942. In August 1942 he was appointed as successor to General...
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Operation Torch (redirect from Allied invasion of North Africa)
the French Liberation Movement groups from unifying during the North African campaign (Torch). Loyal pro-Vichy French – there were those who remained...
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Erwin Rommel (section End of Africa campaign)
invasion of France. His leadership of German and Italian forces in the North African campaign established his reputation as one of the ablest tank commanders...
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The tank was also employed in the North African Campaign. Following the withdrawal of Italian forces from North Africa the M14/41 was rarely encountered...
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Western Desert campaign (Desert War) took place in the deserts of Egypt and Libya and was the main theatre in the North African campaign of the Second...
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World War, who played an important role in the East African, North African and Italian Campaigns. After the war he was the Deputy Military Governor of...
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Italian Libya (redirect from Italian North Africa)
During World War II, Italian Libya became the setting for the North African Campaign. Although the Italians were defeated there by the Allies in 1943...
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