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North African Campaign (World War II)
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/North_African_Campaign_(World_War_II)
GPTKB entity
Statements (51)
Predicate
Object
gptkbp:instanceOf
gptkb:military_operation
gptkbp:axisForces
gptkb:Afrika_Korps
Italian Army in Africa
gptkbp:casualties
hundreds of thousands
gptkbp:combatant
gptkb:Australia
gptkb:British_India
gptkb:Greece
gptkb:Italy
gptkb:Nazi_Germany
gptkb:New_Zealand
gptkb:Poland
gptkb:South_Africa
gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkb:United_States
gptkb:Axis_Powers
gptkb:Free_France
gptkbp:commander
gptkb:Dwight_D._Eisenhower
gptkb:Erwin_Rommel
gptkb:Giovanni_Messe
gptkb:Albert_Kesselring
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
North African Campaign (World War II)
gptkbp:location
gptkb:Algeria
gptkb:Egypt
gptkb:Libya
gptkb:Morocco
gptkb:North_Africa
gptkb:Tunisia
gptkbp:mainAlliedPower
gptkb:Eighth_Army
gptkb:First_Army
Western Task Force
gptkbp:notableBattle
gptkb:Operation_Torch
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:partOf
gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:precededBy
gptkb:Western_Desert_Campaign
gptkbp:result
Allied victory
gptkbp:significance
Paved way for Allied invasion of Italy
Led to Axis surrender in North Africa
Opened Mediterranean for Allied shipping
gptkbp:startDate
10 June 1940
gptkbp:bfsParent
gptkb:African_Campaigns
gptkbp:bfsLayer
7