North African Campaign Timeline

Timeline of the North African Campaign.

1940

  • August 4: Itlian forces invade British Somaliland
  • August 19: Berbera captured
  • September 13: Italian forces invade Egypt from Libya
  • September 16: Italian forces establish front east of Sidi Barani
  • December 9: Operation Compass begins
  • December 16: Solum captured by Allies

1941

  • January 5: Bardia captured by 8th Army
  • January 22: Tobruk captured by 8th Army
  • February 5: Beda Fomm captured by 8th Army
  • February 9: Italian forces retreat to El Agheila
  • March 24: Allied forces at El Agheila defeated
  • April 3: Benghazi captured by Axis
  • April 10: Siege of Tobruk begins
  • April 15: British pushed back to Salum
  • August 15: Panzer Group Afrika activated with Rommel in Command
  • October 1: 5th Light Division redesignated 21st Panzer Division
  • November 18: Auchinleck's offensive begins
  • December 7: Tobruk siege relieved by 8th Army
  • December 25: Agedabia reached by the Allies
  • December 31: Front lines at return to El Agheila

1942

  • January 21: Rommel's second offensive begins
  • January 23: Agedabia captured by Axis forces
  • January 29: Benghazi captured by Axis forces
  • February 4: Front line established between Gazala and Bir Hacheim
  • May 26: Axis assault on the Gazala line begins
  • June 11: Axis forces begin advance to Tobruk
  • June 21: Tobruk captured by Axis forces
  • June 30: Axis reaches El Alamein
  • November 5: Axis lines at El Alamein broken
  • November 9: Sidi Barani captured by Allies
  • November 11: Tobruk captured by Allied forces
  • November 20: Benghazi captured by Allied forces
  • November 17: Eastern Task Force and Axis meet at Djebel Abiod
  • December 25: Sirte captured by Allies

1943

  • January 23: Tripoli captured by British 8th Army
  • February 4: Axis forces in Libya retreat to Tunisian border
  • February 19: Battle of the Kasserine Pass launched by Axis forces
  • March 21: Operation Pugilist launched by Montgomery
  • May 7: British enter Tunis, Americans enter Bizerte
  • May 13: Army Group Afrika surrenders in Tunisia

References

Sources for this timeline were primarily derived from several Wikipedia pages (accessed: 2005-04-03) using text and data on maps from Western Desert Campaign and Tunisia Campaign. Some additional dates from:
  • Young, Peter (1973) Battles and Campaigns: The Atlas of the Second World War: 1. March of the Swastika, Orbis Publishing, London, 64 pp.
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