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The North African campaign of World War II took place in North Africa from 10 June 1940 to 13 May 1943, fought between the Allies and the Axis Powers.It included campaigns in the Libyan and Egyptian deserts (Western Desert campaign, Desert War), in Morocco and Algeria (Operation Torch), and in Tunisia (Tunisia campaign).
This is an outline order of battle of the British First Army on 4 May 1943 during the Tunisian Campaign of World War II. British First Army Commanded by: Lieutenant-General Sir Kenneth Anderson. V Corps Commanded by Lieutenant-General Charles Allfrey. North Irish Horse; 7th Algerian Tirailleurs Regiment (7ème Régiment de Tirailleurs Algériens)
The First Army was part of the British Army during the First World War and was formed on 26 December 1914 when the corps of the British Expeditionary Force were divided into the First Army under Lieutenant-General Sir Douglas Haig and the Second Army under Horace Smith-Dorrien. [1] First Army had the Ist, IVth and the Indian Corps under command ...
14 June: British forces cross from Egypt into Libya and capture Fort Capuzzo [3] 16 June: The first tank battle of the North African campaign takes place, the "Engagement at Nezuet Ghirba" [3] July 1940: British navy shells French warships in the port of Oran to keep them out of German hands; 13 September: Italian forces invade Egypt from Libya
The North African campaign of World War II, sometimes called the "Desert War", includes the campaigns in Egypt and Libya (often referred to as the Western Desert campaign or the "Egypt–Libya Campaign") and those campaigns in Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia (usually referred to as the Tunisian campaign.
In North Africa, Axis forces attacked in May, defeating the Allies in the Battle of Gazala in June and capturing Tobruk and 35,000 prisoners.The Eighth Army retreated over the Egyptian border, the British losing the minor port of Mersa Matruh, only stopping the German advance in the First Battle of El Alamein.
The history of the British Army's Special Air Service (SAS) regiment of the British Army begins with its formation during the Western Desert Campaign of the Second World War, and continues to the present day. It includes its early operations in North Africa, the Greek Islands, and the Invasion of Italy.
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