North African Campaign 1940–42

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:military_operation
gptkbp:alliedWith	gptkb:Eighth_Army gptkb:U.S._II_Corps gptkb:First_Army
gptkbp:axisForces	gptkb:Afrika_Korps
gptkbp:combatant	gptkb:British_Commonwealth gptkb:Italy gptkb:Nazi_Germany gptkb:United_Kingdom gptkb:United_States gptkb:Vichy_France gptkb:Free_France
gptkbp:endDate	1943
gptkbp:followedBy	gptkb:Italian_Campaign
gptkbp:goal	control of Suez Canal access to Middle Eastern oil control of North Africa
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	North African Campaign 1940–42
gptkbp:location	gptkb:North_Africa
gptkbp:notableBattle	gptkb:Operation_Torch gptkb:Battle_of_El_Alamein gptkb:Battle_of_Gazala gptkb:Siege_of_Tobruk gptkb:Operation_Crusader
gptkbp:notableCommander	gptkb:Dwight_D._Eisenhower gptkb:Erwin_Rommel Archibald Wavell Bernard Montgomery Claude Auchinleck
gptkbp:notableUnit	gptkb:Long_Range_Desert_Group gptkb:SAS gptkb:Free_French_Forces gptkb:Italian_10th_Army Panzerarmee Afrika
gptkbp:partOf	gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:precededBy	gptkb:Western_Desert_Campaign
gptkbp:result	Allied victory
gptkbp:significantEvent	Allied counter-offensive Axis advance to El Alamein Axis surrender in Tunisia Operation Torch landings
gptkbp:startDate	1940
gptkbp:territoryInvolved	gptkb:Algeria gptkb:Egypt gptkb:Libya gptkb:Morocco gptkb:Tunisia
gptkbp:theaterOfOperations	gptkb:Mediterranean_and_Middle_East_Theatre
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:North_Africa_1942–43
gptkbp:bfsLayer	7