War+in+Africa+and+Italy

= Pariss Jones =



There were many events that took place during North Africa and the invasion of Italy being: After France fell, the Italian and British forces began to battle for the control for North Africa. British thought that if they took, they would be able to protect the shipping over the seas. This oil shipping was important to the British War. Going into the fall of 1940, Italian forces attacked Egypt. Egypt was currently controlled by British. The attack on Egypt did not work out, it failed. The Italians were beaten pretty badly and were forced back. Hitler was forced to send his troops to help the Italians. There was a new German and Italian force. This "Force" was led by Erwin Rommel known as "desert Fox". He pushed the British out of Libya and back to Egypt. Throughout 1941-1942, Rommel's forces and the British fought back and forth to gain control of North Africa. The Africa Korps had trouble supplying its forces. British and Afrika Korps battled it out. But the key battle took place in 1942 in Egypt.
 * Jan. 1941- Britain captures Libya
 * June. 1942- Germans retake on Tobruk
 * Oct. 1942 Starts the battle of El-Alamein
 * Nov. 1942- US British landing in French North Africa.
 * Nov. 1942- Britain retakes Tobruk again
 * Nov 1942- Allies began to invade into Tunisia
 * March 1943- Tunisia falls to Allies
 * July 1943- The invasion of Silicy begins
 * July 1943- Palermo falls to Allies
 * July 1943- An Italian dictator is thrown into peace coup
 * Sept. 1943- Allies invade Italy
 * Sept. 1943-Italy surrenders to Allies
 * Oct.1943-Allies capture Naples
 * May 1944-Monte [[image:http://contentcache-a.akamaihd.net/items/it/img/arrow-10x10.png height="10"]] falls to Allies
 * June 1944- Rome falls to Allies

The Battle of Alamein and the Battle of Stalingrad was fought almost at the same time. The British soon handed the Germans a major defeat.

Susan, Ramirez. // Human Legacy //. New York: Rinehart And Winston Holt, 2007. Print.

// American Anthem //. Rinehart And Winston Holt, 2008. Print.