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Hace 3 días · Operation Torch (8–16 November 1942) was an Allied invasion of French North Africa during the Second World War. Torch was a compromise operation that met the British objective of securing victory in North Africa while allowing American armed forces the opportunity to begin their fight against Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy on a limited scale. [5] .
- 8-16 November 1942(1 week and 1 day)
- Allied victory
- French Morocco, French Algeria
Hace 2 días · The East African campaign (also known as the Abyssinian campaign) was fought in East Africa during the Second World War by Allies of World War II, mainly from the British Empire, against Italy and its colony of Italian East Africa, between June 1940 and November 1941.
Hace 5 días · The North African campaign began in earnest in early 1941, with back-and-forth fighting between Allied and Axis forces across the deserts of Libya and Egypt. Rommel‘s Afrika Korps achieved a series of victories, pushing the Allies back to the Egyptian border by the summer of 1942.
Hace 2 días · North African campaign. Operation Torch. Battle of Port Lyautey; Battle of El Guettar; Tunisian campaign; Allied invasion of Sicily. Battle of Gela (1943) Allied invasion of Italy; Western Front. Western Allied invasion of France. Operation Overlord. Normandy landings. Falaise pocket. Battle of Chambois; Rhineland Campaign. Lorraine ...
Hace 5 días · In North Africa, approximately 80,000 African soldiers fought in British and French armies against the Germans and Italians, serving in critical battles like El Alamein.[^10] African troops made up a significant portion of the Free French forces that helped liberate French colonies from Vichy rule.
Hace 3 días · Closer to home, Command Unit 51 ran guerrilla operations in North Africa, fighting under the command of an Indian division. The “Allies” were an expansive group: British Empire and Commonwealth forces in that campaign (1940–1943) included Australians, Indians, Libyans, Newfoundlanders (not part of Canada until 1949), New ...
Hace 4 días · The 42nd Ordinary Session of the African Union's Executive Council opened on 15 February with behind-the-scenes negotiations on the distribution of Peace and Security Council (PSC) seats. All six North Africa countries were united in their request for an additional seat on the PSC. The resulting heated discussion lasted almost three hours.
