North African Campaign

The North African campaign of World War II took place in North Africa from 11 June 1940 to 13 May 1943, fought between the Allies and the Axis powers. It included campaigns in the Libyan and Egyptian deserts, in Morocco and Algeria, and in Tunisia. The Allied war effort was dominated by the British Commonwealth and exiles from German-occupied Europe. The United States entered the war in December 1941 and began direct military assistance in North Africa on 11 May 1942.

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1940 — 1943  Wikimedia, Wikidata
North Africa campaign
Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States, Archibald Wavell, 1st Earl Wavell, Claude Auchinleck, Italian Libya, Ettore Bastico, Ugo Cavallero, French protectorate of Tunisia, French protectorate in Morocco, military campaign, Southern Rhodesia, Kingdom of Greece, Czechoslovak government-in-exile, Italo Gariboldi, Giovanni Messe, French Algeria, Rodolfo Graziani, George S. Patton, Władysław Anders, Pietro Badoglio, Union of South Africa, British Raj, Polish Armed Forces in the West, François Darlan, Free France, Bernard Montgomery, Albert Kesselring, Harold Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis, Vichy France, Hans-Jürgen von Arnim, Erwin Rommel, Nazi Germany, Italo Balbo, Dwight D. Eisenhower, 

Alexander, Alger, Canada, 

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Location: 30.05, 31.2167, KML, Cluster Map, Maps,
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1940-06-10T00:00:00Z

1943-05-16T00:00:00Z

1940 — 1943 North African Campaign

0046-01-01T00:00:00Z

0046-01-01T00:00:00Z

-46 Battle of Castra Iudaeorum

0205-01-01T00:00:00Z

0185-01-01T00:00:00Z

-205 — -185 Great Theban Revolt

0384-01-01T00:00:00Z

0341-01-01T00:00:00Z

-384 — -341 Achaemenid campaigns in Egypt (385–342 BC)

0666-01-01T00:00:00Z

0666-01-01T00:00:00Z

-666 Battle of Memphis

0632-09-01T00:00:00Z

0632-09-01T00:00:00Z

632 Battle of Ghamra

0639-12-01T00:00:00Z

0640-01-01T00:00:00Z

639 — 640 Siege of Memphis

0640-05-01T00:00:00Z

0640-12-01T00:00:00Z

640 Siege of Babylon Fortress

0640-07-09T00:00:00Z

0640-07-09T00:00:00Z

640 Battle of Heliopolis

1167-03-25T00:00:00Z

1167-03-25T00:00:00Z

1167 Battle of al-Babein

1169-08-28T00:00:00Z

1169-08-30T00:00:00Z

1169 Battle of the Blacks

1367-01-01T00:00:00Z

1367-01-01T00:00:00Z

1367 Battle of Cairo

1517-02-06T00:00:00Z

1517-02-09T00:00:00Z

1517 Capture of Cairo

1798-07-21T00:00:00Z

1798-07-21T00:00:00Z

1798 Battle of the Pyramids

1798-10-21T00:00:00Z

1798-10-22T00:00:00Z

1798 Revolt of Cairo

1800-03-20T00:00:00Z

1800-03-20T00:00:00Z

1800 Battle of Heliopolis

1801-05-01T00:00:00Z

1801-06-01T00:00:00Z

1801 Siege of Cairo

1801-05-16T00:00:00Z

1801-05-16T00:00:00Z

1801 Battle of Al Khankah

1854-01-01T00:00:00Z

1856-01-01T00:00:00Z

1854 — 1856 Hejaz rebellion

1948-07-15T00:00:00Z

1948-07-15T00:00:00Z

1948 Bombardment of Cairo

2013-09-19T00:00:00Z

2013-09-19T00:00:00Z

2013 Battle of Kerdasa

0969-02-11T00:00:00Z

0969-07-14T00:00:00Z

969 Fatimid conquest of Egypt

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Operation Brevity

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Bloch MB175 27 January 1943 342-FH 000696

• An Army at Dawn - non-fiction work by Rick Atkinson, American English, 2002
• The New Zealand Railway Group : their contribution in the North African Campaign, 1940-1943 - 1998 master's thesis by Brendon Judd at Massey University, Q1860

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
area	region		Old Kingdom of Egypt		Wikidata
area	region	4000	Ancient Egypt		Wikidata
area	region	1250	Mamluk Sultanate		Wikidata
area	region	1867	Khedivate of Egypt		Wikidata
area	region	1914	Sultanate of Egypt		Wikidata
area	region	1922	Kingdom of Egypt		Wikidata
area	region	1953	Republic of Egypt		Wikidata
area	region	1958	United Arab Republic		Wikidata
event	armed conflict		Battle of Prosoptis	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	46	Battle of Castra Iudaeorum	Pergamon, Hasmonean Kingdom, Ptolemaic Kingdom, battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	205	Great Theban Revolt	rebellion, ethnic conflict, Ptolemaic Kingdom, Ancient Egyptians	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	384	Achaemenid campaigns in Egypt (385–342 BC)	Thirtieth Dynasty of Egypt, Achaemenid Empire, military campaign	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	666	Battle of Memphis	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	632	Battle of Ghamra	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	639	Siege of Memphis	Byzantine Empire, siege, Rashidun Caliphate	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	640	Siege of Babylon Fortress	Byzantine Empire, siege, Rashidun Caliphate	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	640	Battle of Heliopolis	Byzantine Empire, battle, Rashidun Caliphate	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1167	Battle of al-Babein	battle, Kingdom of Jerusalem, Zengid dynasty	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1169	Battle of the Blacks	battle, street fighting	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1367	Battle of Cairo	rebellion, battle, Mamluk Sultanate	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1517	Capture of Cairo	Ottoman Empire, Mamluk Sultanate, siege, Abbasids	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1798	Battle of the Pyramids	Ottoman Empire, battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1798	Revolt of Cairo	invasion	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1800	Battle of Heliopolis	battle, Ottoman Empire	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1801	Siege of Cairo	siege	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1801	Battle of Al Khankah	Ottoman Empire, French First Republic, battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1854	Hejaz rebellion	rebellion	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1948	Bombardment of Cairo	airstrike	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	2013	Battle of Kerdasa	battle	Wikidata
event	war	969	Fatimid conquest of Egypt	war, Abbasid Caliphate, Fatimid Caliphate, conquest, Ikhshidid dynasty	Wikidata
organisation	arms industry	1974	Abu Zaabal Engineering Industries	joint-stock company, state-owned enterprise, arms industry, company	Wikidata
organisation	arms industry	2016	Abu Zaabal Specialized Industries	joint-stock company, arms industry, state-owned enterprise, company	Wikidata
organisation	military branch	1820	Egyptian Army	army	Wikidata
site	fort		al-Kabsh citadel	fortress	Wikidata
site	fort		Babylon Fortress	fortress	Wikidata
site	fort		Fort On	fort	Wikidata
site	fort		Memphis Fort	fort	Wikidata
commons	image		Bundesarchiv Bild 101I-433-0859-09, Nordafrika, Luftwaffensoldat mit Leuchtpistole		Commons
commons	image		Bundesarchiv Bild 101I-433-0859-08, Nordafrika, Luftwaffensoldat mit Leuchtpistole		Commons
commons	image		The British Army in North Africa 1940 E1501.2		Commons
commons	image		Bundesarchiv Bild 101I-441-1355-03, Nordafrika, Überprüfung von Seenotausrüstung		Commons
commons	image		Bundesarchiv Bild 101I-441-1355-04, Nordafrika, Überprüfung von Seenotausrüstung		Commons
commons	image		2BDE 1ID WWII Soldiers North Africa		Commons
commons	image		Easonsmith 1		Commons
commons	image		Operation Brevity		Commons
commons	image		The British Army in North Africa 1940 E387.2		Commons
commons	image		Bloch MB175 27 January 1943 342-FH 000696		Commons