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North Africa was essentially a third front. I think Italy was already in the process of invading Ethiopia in the late 30s, and tried to expand in Libya and Egypt during the war.
Also, Rommel was the well known Nazi general who was in charge of North Africa
The nazis used the sphynx for target practice. Egypt is part of the African continent.
My grandpa was in North Africa before getting moved around to England for D-day. Allies wanted to swoop up through the Mediterranean but were halted. I tenderness hearing about gramps catching malaria down there but recovered. He later went to the China Burma India theater (CBI) training the local groups to fight Japan. I have a couple handkerchiefs that they carried around with a series of translations they could show to people on the street. Definitely a lot of other things happening outside of Europe!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_African_campaign
And the SAS (and with it modern special tactics) were invented in Africa
~~American~~ People like to think that they’re were only fighting in Europe and some in Pacific Island. They forgot that of all the nations that were fighting China lost the most men
Alongside the north Africa campaign someone else posted there was also combat in west Africa pushing the Italians out of Ethiopia and Somalia. There was also fighting to take control back from Vichy France's colonial holdings with the main one coming to mind being the invasion of Madagascar in 1942.
Minor correction.... Ethiopian and Somalia are in eastern Africa on or near the Horn.
I only know about this because of Paradox grand strategy games
Not much, just Ras Tafari fighting the babylon system (by allying with it).
The Allies were securing the North African territories (from Italy and Vichy France) and defending their own territories from being taken by the Axis powers (like British-controlled Egypt). Once the Allies had kicked the Axis out of North Africa, they could more easily land in southern Italy!
As somebody else have said, there was also conflict between Ethiopia and Italy.
It was still colonial, so, using violence to extract resources from locals.
France used West Africans to do a lot of the fighting then massacred a bunch of veterans who wanted payment afterwards.
. . . while also fighting the colonials on the other side of the war to control regional resource extraction.
The African campaign was hugely important for england as it had parts of its empire there, it was huge for the US as it was basically a pre-season game leading to the invasion of Europe.
It was hugely important for the Italians as their incompetent asses tried to do a land grab. Got the shit beat out of them by the brits.
It was hugely important for the Germans as they had to save their only substantial alley’s worthless ass
This is from google.
The North African Campaign (June 1940 – May 1943) was a crucial WWII theater, pitting Allied forces against Axis powers for control of Egypt, the Suez Canal, and North Africa. Key moments included the British victory in 1940-41, Rommel's arrival leading to intense, shifting battles in 1941-42, and the decisive Allied victory at El Alamein, ending with Axis surrender in Tunisia.
Key Events Timeline (1940-1943)
1940: The War Begins in Africa
1941: Rommel and the Desert War
1942: The Turning Point
1943: End of the African Campaign
Key Figures
My father’s battalion spent most of their time in North Africa. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/18th_Battalion_(New_Zealand)
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