African Theatre of World War II

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/African_Theatre_of_World_War_II

GPTKB entity

Statements (87)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:military_operation
gptkbp:casualties	hundreds of thousands
gptkbp:combatant	gptkb:Allied_Powers gptkb:Axis_Powers
gptkbp:commander	gptkb:Dwight_D._Eisenhower gptkb:Erwin_Rommel gptkb:Pierre_Koenig gptkb:Hans-Jürgen_von_Arnim gptkb:Giovanni_Messe gptkb:Mario_Berti gptkb:Albert_Kesselring gptkb:Henri_Giraud gptkb:Ettore_Bastico gptkb:Italo_Gariboldi gptkb:Rodolfo_Graziani Archibald Wavell Bernard Montgomery Claude Auchinleck Harold Alexander
gptkbp:endDate	13 May 1943
gptkbp:followedBy	gptkb:Italian_Campaign
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	African Theatre of World War II
gptkbp:involvedCountry	gptkb:Algeria gptkb:Australia gptkb:Belgium gptkb:Canada gptkb:Czechoslovakia gptkb:Egypt gptkb:Eritrea gptkb:Ethiopia gptkb:France gptkb:French_West_Africa gptkb:Germany gptkb:Ghana gptkb:Greece gptkb:India gptkb:Italy gptkb:Kenya gptkb:Libya gptkb:Morocco gptkb:New_Zealand gptkb:Nigeria gptkb:Poland gptkb:Somalia gptkb:South_Africa gptkb:Sudan gptkb:Tunisia gptkb:United_Kingdom gptkb:United_States gptkb:British_Somaliland gptkb:Free_French_Forces gptkb:Vichy_France gptkb:French_Equatorial_Africa gptkb:Belgian_Congo gptkb:Italian_Somaliland
gptkbp:location	gptkb:Africa gptkb:Mediterranean_Sea gptkb:Middle_East
gptkbp:notableBattle	gptkb:Operation_Torch gptkb:North_African_Campaign gptkb:Battle_of_El_Alamein gptkb:East_African_Campaign gptkb:Tunisia_Campaign gptkb:Western_Desert_Campaign
gptkbp:partOf	gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:precededBy	gptkb:Phoney_War
gptkbp:relatedTo	gptkb:European_Theatre_of_World_War_II gptkb:Pacific_War gptkb:Mediterranean_and_Middle_East_Theatre
gptkbp:result	Allied victory
gptkbp:significance	Secured Suez Canal Boosted Allied morale Led to Axis expulsion from Africa Opened a second front against Axis powers Secured Middle Eastern oil supplies
gptkbp:significantEvent	gptkb:Operation_Compass gptkb:Battle_of_Kasserine_Pass gptkb:Italian_invasion_of_Egypt gptkb:Siege_of_Tobruk gptkb:Operation_Crusader gptkb:Operation_Ochsenkopf gptkb:Operation_Vulcan Surrender of Axis forces in Tunisia
gptkbp:startDate	10 June 1940
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Mediterranean_Theatre_of_World_War_II gptkb:Mediterranean_Theatre
gptkbp:bfsLayer	7