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Was the North African theatre of World War II.
Chronology
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April 1943: The Military Territory of Fezzan-Ghadames was a territory in the southern part of the former Italian colony of Libya occupied and administered by the French from 1943.
May 1943: The British Military Administration of Libya was the control of the regions of Cyrenaica and Tripolitania of the former Italian Libya by the British from 1943.
Was an Italian offensive in the Second World War, against British, Commonwealth and Free French forces in the Kingdom of Egypt.
September 1940: The Italian 10th Army halted and took up defensive positions around the port of Sidi Barrani.
Was a British military operation against Italian forces in Western Egypt and Cyrenaica.
February 1941: British conquest of Derna.
March 1941: British forces captured Kufra.
March 1941: Siege of Giarabub by British forces.
January 1941: British conquest of Tobruk.
December 1940: British conquest of Sidi Barrani.
January 1941: Battle of Bardia.
February 1941: British conquest of Beda Fomm.
Was a joint German and Italian military Campaign against British forces in Cyrenaica, during World War II.
March 1941: The Axis force raided and quickly defeated the British at El Agheila.
March 1941: Mersa Brega conquered by italy.
April 1941: German Group Schwerin was out of fuel and stranded near Ben Gania.
April 1941: Siege of Tobruk.
April 1941: By 15 April, Italian troops pushed the British back to the border at Sollum and besieged Tobruk.
April 1941: The German units of Group Schwerin arrived in Mechili.
April 1941: Ponath reached the coast road and advanced on the airfield south of Derna.
Was a military operation where the Axis re-captured Halfaya Pass, Egypt.
May 1941: Axis forces re-captured the Halfaya Pass.
Was a military operation of the Western Desert Campaign during the Second World War by the British Eighth Army against the Axis forces.
November 1941: British conquest in Lybia and Egypt during the offensive of general Auchinleck.
December 1941: British conquest in Lybia and Egypt during the offensive of general Auchinleck.
Was a battle between the Axis and British forces west of the port of Tobruk in Libya, during World War II.
May 1942: Advancement of Axis forces in North Africa by c. 27 may.
July 1942: On 1 July the Axis forces arrived in front of El Alamein. The Allies withdrew to a defensive line between El Alamein, near the sea, and the desert.
June 1942: British withdrawal to Bardia.
June 1942: Rommel crossed the border into Egypt by occupying Sidi Barrani.
June 1942: German General Klopper's forces occupy Tobruk.
June 1942: Allied forces retreat and withdraw from Gazala. It will be totally occupied on June 21, 1942 by the Axis forces.
June 1942: The 7th Bersaglieri Regiment (Trento Division) occupied the fortified camp of Marsa Matruh.
Was a battle between the Axis and British forces in Egypt, during World War II.
September 1942: Axis retreat to initial positions in North Africa.
August 1942: Axis forces attack deep into British Egypt territory.
Was a British military campaign in Italian Libya during World War II that resulted in the occupation of the region.
8.1.Second Battle of El Alamein
Was a battle of the Second World War that took place near the Egyptian railway halt of El Alamein.
November 1942: British offensive in Lybia and Egypt.
8.2.Battle of El-Agheila
Was a battle of the Second World War that took place in Libya.
December 1942: British offensive in Lybia and Egypt.
December 1942: British offensive in Lybia and Egypt. Sirte falls to the British Eighth Army.
January 1943: British offensive in Lybia and Egypt.
February 1943: British offensive in Lybia and Egypt.
Was the Allied invasion of French North Africa during World War II.
9.1.Operation Torch
Was an Allied military operation to occupy French North Africa during World War II.
November 1942: Safi surrendered to the Allies on the afternoon of 8 November.
November 1942: The Americans surrounded the port of Casablanca by 10 November, and the city surrendered.
November 1942: After talks with the allied, French Admiral Darlan’s orders all resistance of French forces against the Allied to cease. Morocco under Allied control.
November 1942: U.S. forces land in Morocco and occupy Port-Lyautey on November 10.
November 1942: British forces conquer Oran.
November 1942: On 8 November 1942, the allied invasion of Alegia commenced with landings on three beaches—two west of Algiers and one east. The US troops pushed quickly inland and General Juin surrendered the city to the Allies at 19:00.
9.2.Tunisian campaign
Was a series of battles that took place in Tunisia during the North African campaign of the Second World War, between Axis and Allied.
November 1942: Bône airfield was occupied by the Allies following a parachute drop by 3rd Parachute Battalion and this was followed by 6 Commando seizing the port on 12 November.
November 1942: The 509th U.S. Parachute Regiment occupies Gafsa airfield in Tunisia.
December 1942: In Tunisia, the Allies were forced to withdraw to Medjez, and by 26 December 1942 the Allies had withdrawn to the line they had set out from two weeks earlier.
February 1943: Axis forces evacuate Sidi Bou Zid (Tunisia).
April 1943: Frontline between allied and axis forces in Tunisia on that date.
December 1942: Allied forces reach Medjez el Bab where they are attacked by German tank-infantry columns.
November 1942: French and U.S. Troops occupy Gafsa (Tunisia).
March 1943: Frontline between allied and axis forces in Tunisia on that date.
December 1942: The Allies reached the outskirts of Djedeida.
November 1942: British and American forces reach Tabarka (Tunisia), which is occupied.
May 1943: Allied conquest of Tunisi.
November 1942: British forces make contact with German forces at Djebel Abiod (Tunisia).
November 1942: The British First Army lands at Bougie (Algeria) without opposition.
May 1943: With the surrender of German General Messe, Tunisia is liberated by the allied.
February 1943: Frontline between allied and axis forces in Tunisia on that date.
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North Africa, Graziani's Advance And Wavell's Offensive,13 September 1940 -7 February 1941. United States Military Academy West Point. Retrieved on March, 26th, 2024 on https://s3.amazonaws.com/usma-media/inline-images/academics/academic_departments/history/WWII%20Europe%20Med/WWIIEurope34Combined.jpg
Pursuit To Tunisia, November 1942-February 1943. United States Military Academy West Point. Retrieved on March, 26th, 2024 on https://s3.amazonaws.com/usma-media/inline-images/academics/academic_departments/history/WWII%20Europe%20Med/WWIIEurope38Combined.jpg
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World War II (North African Theatre)
