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North Africa Campaign

Germany · Warfare / World War, 2nd. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

2Records
1942–1943Date range
2Named people
2Places

Chronological records

1942

Albert Kesselring26 October 1942

Rome · Warfare / World War, 2nd

Oversees Axis air and supply efforts while the El Alamein battle strains North African logistics.

1943

Erwin Johannes Eugen RommelMarch 1943

Tunisia · Warfare / World War, 2nd

Leaves North Africa after the Axis withdrawal westward, ending his direct threat to Egypt and Suez.

Names involved

Albert KesselringErwin Johannes Eugen Rommel

Provenance

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