Summary.
In an attempt to take control over the Suez Canal and seize the oil of the Middle East Germany attacked North Africa. By 1943 the Germans were defeated
The North Africa Campaign
- North Africa Campaign began June 10, 1943
- Went on until May 13, 1943
- included campaigns fought in the Libyan andEgyptian deserts
- Fought between Allied and Axis powers
- Fighting in Africa began when Italy declared war June 10th 1940
- On 14 June, the British Army's 11th Hussars crossed the border into Libya and captured the Italian Fort Capuzzo
- This was followed by a number of see saw battles
- The campaign reached climax in the Second Battle of El Alamein when British Commonwealth
- The Allied forces exited successful
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