North Africa (World War II)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/North_Africa_(World_War_II)

GPTKB entity

Statements (58)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:military_operation
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs	gptkb:North_African_Campaign
gptkbp:belligerent	gptkb:Italy gptkb:Nazi_Germany gptkb:United_Kingdom gptkb:United_States gptkb:Vichy_France gptkb:Free_France
gptkbp:casualties	hundreds of thousands (combined)
gptkbp:combatant	gptkb:Allied_Powers gptkb:Axis_Powers
gptkbp:commander	gptkb:Dwight_D._Eisenhower gptkb:Erwin_Rommel gptkb:Jean_de_Lattre_de_Tassigny gptkb:Giovanni_Messe gptkb:Albert_Kesselring gptkb:Henri_Giraud 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	North Africa (World War II)
gptkbp:location	gptkb:Algeria gptkb:Egypt gptkb:Libya gptkb:Morocco gptkb:North_Africa gptkb:Tunisia
gptkbp:majorBattle	gptkb:Operation_Torch gptkb:Battle_of_Alam_el_Halfa gptkb:Battle_of_Gazala gptkb:Battle_of_Kasserine_Pass gptkb:Battle_of_Mersa_Matruh gptkb:Second_Battle_of_El_Alamein gptkb:Siege_of_Tobruk
gptkbp:notableEvent	gptkb:Operation_Supercharge gptkb:Operation_Compass gptkb:Operation_Crusader gptkb:Operation_Vulcan
gptkbp:notableUnit	gptkb:Free_French_Forces gptkb:5th_Panzer_Army gptkb:Vichy_French_forces gptkb:1st_Army_(UK) gptkb:Afrika_Korps gptkb:Eighth_Army gptkb:U.S._II_Corps gptkb:Italian_10th_Army
gptkbp:partOf	gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:precededBy	gptkb:Western_Desert_Campaign
gptkbp:result	Allied victory
gptkbp:resultedIn	Axis expulsion from North Africa
gptkbp:significance	Led to invasion of Italy Opened Mediterranean for Allied shipping Secured Suez Canal
gptkbp:startDate	10 June 1940
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:John_Crocker_(British_Army_officer)
gptkbp:bfsLayer	6