World War II North African Campaign

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

GPTKB entity

Statements (53)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:military_operation
gptkbp:alliedForcesStrength	over 1,000,000
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs	gptkb:Desert_War
gptkbp:axisForcesStrength	up to 500,000
gptkbp:casualties	hundreds of thousands
gptkbp:combatant	gptkb:British_Commonwealth gptkb:Italy gptkb:Nazi_Germany gptkb:United_Kingdom gptkb:United_States gptkb:Free_France
gptkbp:commander	gptkb:Dwight_D._Eisenhower gptkb:Erwin_Rommel gptkb:Albert_Kesselring 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	World War II North African Campaign
gptkbp:location	gptkb:Algeria gptkb:Egypt gptkb:Libya gptkb:Morocco gptkb:North_Africa gptkb:Tunisia
gptkbp:mainAlliedPower	gptkb:British_Commonwealth gptkb:United_Kingdom gptkb:United_States gptkb:Free_France
gptkbp:mainAxisPowers	gptkb:Germany gptkb:Italy
gptkbp:notableBattle	gptkb:Operation_Torch gptkb:Battle_of_Alam_el_Halfa gptkb:Battle_of_Gazala gptkb:Battle_of_Kasserine_Pass gptkb:Battle_of_Mersa_Matruh gptkb:Battle_of_Tunisia gptkb:Second_Battle_of_El_Alamein gptkb:Siege_of_Tobruk
gptkbp:notableUnit	gptkb:Afrika_Korps gptkb:Eighth_Army gptkb:U.S._II_Corps gptkb:First_Army
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 Secured Allied control of North Africa
gptkbp:startDate	10 June 1940
gptkbp:theaterOfOperations	gptkb:Mediterranean_and_Middle_East_Theatre
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Tripoli
gptkbp:bfsLayer	5