The battle for North Africa
The North African Campaign began in June of 1940 and continued for three years, as Axis and Allied forces pushed each other back and forth across the desert. At the beginning of the war, Libya had been an Italian colony for several decades and British forces had been in neighboring Egypt since 1882. The two armies began skirmishing almost as soon as Italy declared war on the Allied Nations in 1940. Italy invaded Egypt in September of 1940, and in a December counterattack, British and Indian forces captured some 130,000 Italians. Hitler's response to this loss was to send in the newly formed "Afrika Korps" led by General Erwin Rommel.
MainReasons for fighting here:
The Suez Canal
Oil in the Middle East
(natural resource is often a reason for nations to attack)
MainReasons for fighting here:
The Suez Canal
Oil in the Middle East
(natural resource is often a reason for nations to attack)
what did Rommel and Montgomery Fight over and wanted to obtain?
Montgomery Vs. Rommel
Bernard Montgomery and his Desert Rats fought: Rommel and the Afrika Korps.
They win a turning point battle at Al Alamein in 1942 Nuts
Prevent the Germans from the Suez and oil and shows the Germans best troops could be beaten
American join in 1942 under Dwight D. Eisenhower
They win a turning point battle at Al Alamein in 1942 Nuts
Prevent the Germans from the Suez and oil and shows the Germans best troops could be beaten
American join in 1942 under Dwight D. Eisenhower