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The North African Campaign of World War II: The History and Legacy of the Decisive Allied Victory in North Africa

The North African Campaign of World War II: The History and Legacy of the Decisive Allied Victory in North Africa

Paperback

World War II

ISBN10: 1976329094
ISBN13: 9781976329098
Publisher: Createspace
Published: Sep 12 2017
Pages: 78
Weight: 0.26
Height: 0.16 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
*Includes pictures
*Includes contemporary accounts of the fighting
*Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading
It may almost be said, 'Before Alamein we never had a victory. After Alamein we never had a defeat.' - Winston Churchill
The fighting in North Africa during World War II is commonly overlooked, aside from the famous battle at El Alamein that pitted the British under General Bernard Montgomery against the legendary Desert Fox, Erwin Rommel. But while the Second Battle of El Alamein would be the pivotal action in North Africa, the conflict in North Africa began all the way back in the summer of 1940 when Italian dictator Benito Mussolini declared Italy's entrance into the war. From his perspective, the fact that the British and French had their hands full with the Germans created an opportunity for Italy to enlarge its colonial holdings in Africa by seizing portions of the British Empire. However, British troops in the colony of Egypt responded to Italy's declaration of war by driving through the Egyptian-Ethiopian border and attacking Italian troops stationed in the Italian colony of Ethiopia. By September 13, 1940, Italian commanders in Ethiopia were finally ready to put Mussolini's plan into action and attack British colonial holdings, but British troops had already attacked a series of Italian frontier posts and had inflicted 3,500 casualties among Italy's North African troops.

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