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The Campaign for North Africa. The Campaign for North Africa (CNA), subtitled "The Desert War, 1940–43", is a strategic board wargame published by 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 ever published, with ten recommended ...
ISBN. 978-1-4104-6321-0. OCLC. 49383747. Followed by. The Day of Battle: The War in Sicily and Italy, 1943–1944. An Army at Dawn: The War in North Africa, 1942–1943 is a Pulitzer Prize –winning book written in 2002 by long-time Washington Post correspondent Rick Atkinson. The book is a history of the North African Campaign, particularly ...
14 June: British forces cross from Egypt into Libya and capture Fort Capuzzo [3] 16 June: The first tank battle of the North African campaign takes place, the "Engagement at Nezuet Ghirba" [3] July 1940: British navy shells French warships in the port of Oran to keep them out of German hands. 13 September: Italian forces invade Egypt from Libya ...
January 9–26: First Battle of Tobruk [2] January 25: First Battle of Mechili. January 24–26: Battle of Derna. February 5: Fall of Benghazi. February 5–7: Battle of Beda Fomm. Operation Sunflower. March 21–23: Battle of the Oasis. March 24: First Battle of El Agheila. April 6–8: Second Battle of Mechili.
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.It included campaigns in the Libyan and Egyptian deserts (Western Desert campaign, Desert War), in Morocco and Algeria (Operation Torch), and in Tunisia (Tunisia campaign).
The history of North Africa has been divided into its prehistory, its classical period, the arrival and spread of Islam, the colonial period, and finally the post-independence era, in which the current nations were formed. The region has been influenced by many diverse cultures. The development of sea travel firmly brought the region into the ...
Tunisian campaign. Part of the North African campaign of the Second World War. German and Italian prisoners of war following the fall of Tunis on 12 May 1943. Date. 17 November 1942 – 13 May 1943. (5 months, 3 weeks and 5 days) Location. French Tunisia. 34°N 09°E / 34°N 9°E / 34; 9.
Operation Ochsenkopf. Unternehmen Ochsenkopf (Operation Ox Head) also known as the Battle of Sidi Nsir and the Battle of Hunts Gap was an Axis offensive operation in Tunisia from 26 February to 4 March 1943, during the Tunisia Campaign of the Second World War. The offensive and a subsidiary operation Unternehmen Ausladung was intended to gain ...