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WWII North African Campaign

By hoodjoshua

  • Italy Declares War on the United Kingdom and France

  • British Forces cross from Egypt into Libya

    Fort Capuzzo is captured by the British.

  • Italian Forces Invade Egypt from Libya

  • Period: to

    Operation Compass

    Hugely successful British attack operation that drove Italian forces back.
    Allied forces advanced 800km, destroyed or captured 400 tanks and 1290 artillery guns, and captured 130,000 Italian soldiers. Allied troops were ordered to abandon North Africa and defend Greece Feb 9th.

  • Allies Capture Sidi Barrani

  • Allies Capture Sollum

  • Tobruk Captured by Allies

  • Allies Capture Derna, Libya

  • Italian Tenth Army Surrenders

  • Afrika Korps Arrive in Libya

    First units of German Afika Korps arrive in Libya under the command of Erwin Rommel.

  • Rommel Starts his first Offensive

    Allied forces at El Agheila defeated

  • British 3rd Armored Brigade Captured in Derna

  • Siege of Tobruk Begins

    Tobruk Seiged by Axis Forces

  • British forces Pushed back to Sollum

  • Allied forces fall back to Halfaya Pass

  • German forces Capture Halfaya Pass

  • Seige of Tobruk Ends

  • British forces Capture Benghazi

  • Front lines return to El Agheila

  • Rommel's Second Offensive Begins

  • Axis forces Capture Agedabia

  • Axis forces Capture Benghazi

  • Axis forces Capture Tobruk

  • First Battle of El Alamein

  • Second Battle of El Alamein

  • Axis lines at El Alamein broken

  • Sidi Barani captured by British Eighth Army

  • Tobruk captured by British Eighth Army

  • British forces capture Derna in Libya

  • Benghazi captured by British Eighth Army

  • Sirte captured by British Eighth Army

  • Tripoli captured by British Eighth Army

  • Axis forces in Libya retreat to Tunisian border

  • Battle of Kasserine Pass

  • Battle of Mareth

  • Battle of El Guettar. Battle of Mareth ends

  • British enter Tunis, Americans enter Bizerte

  • Axis Powers Surrender