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List of North African campaign battles

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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. This is not a comprehensive list of all engagements and generally does not cover isolated skirmishes of units smaller than a company in size.

This is part of the more comprehensive list of World War II battles.

1940

1941

  • Operation Compass continued
  • January 3–5: First Battle of Bardia
  • January 9–26: First Battle of Tobruk{{Cite web |title=War in North Africa 1940–1942 |url=https://worldwar2database.com/html/africa.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080213083604/http://worldwar2database.com/html/africa.htm |archive-date=February 13, 2008 |access-date=February 20, 2008 |website=World War II Multimedia Database}}
  • January 25: First Battle of Mechili
  • January 24–26: Battle of Derna
  • February 5: Fall of Benghazi
  • February 5–7: Battle of Beda Fomm
  • Operation Sunflower
  • March 21–23: Battle of the Oasis
  • March 24: First Battle of El Agheila
  • April 6–8: Second Battle of Mechili
  • April 10{{Snd}}November 27: Siege of Tobruk
  • April 12: Second Battle of Bardia{{cite web |title=History of the 7th Armored, List of Battles, 1941 |url=http://www.ian.a.paterson.btinternet.co.uk/battles1941.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120802203310/http://www.ian.a.paterson.btinternet.co.uk/battles1941.htm |archive-date=August 2, 2012}}
  • April 12: First Battle of Sollum
  • April 12: Fourth Battle of Fort Capuzzo
  • April 30: First Battle of Halfaya Pass
  • Operation Brevity
  • May 15: Second Battle of Halfaya Pass
  • May 15–16: Fifth Battle of Fort CapuzzoPlayfair, V.II pg. 162
  • Operation Skorpion
  • May 27: Third Battle of Halfaya PassRommel, pg. 137Playfair, V. II pg. 163
  • Operation Battleaxe
  • June 15–17: Fourth Battle of Halfaya Pass
  • June 15: Battle for Point 206
  • June 15–16: Battle for Hafid Ridge
  • June 15–16: Sixth Battle of Fort Capuzzo
  • June 16: Battle of Sidi Omar
  • June 17: Battle of Sidi Suleiman
  • Operation Crusader
  • November 19: First Action at Bir el Gubi
  • November 19 - December 1: Battle of Sidi Rezegh
  • November 21 – December 7: Second Battle of Tobruk
  • November 21: Battle of Bir el Haiad
  • November 22: Battle of Bir Ghirba
  • November 22: Second Battle of Sidi Omar
  • November 27: Battle of Bir el Chleta
  • November 29 - December 4: Battle of Ed Dedu
  • November 29 - December 1: Battle of Belhamed
  • December 1: Battle of Zaafran
  • December 2: Battle of Belhamed Road
  • December 3–7: Second Action at Bir el Gubi
  • December 11–27: First Battle of Cyrenaica Line
  • December 13: Battle of Alem Hamza
  • December 13–14: Battle of Point 204
  • December 23: Battle of Antelat
  • December 23: Second Battle of Beda Fomm

1942

1943

Footnotes

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References

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  • {{cite book |last=Long |first=Gavin |author-link=Gavin Long |url=http://www.awm.gov.au/histories/chapter.asp?volume=17 |series=Official History of Australia in the Second World War Series 1 (Army) |title=To Benghazi |volume=I |year=1961 |orig-year=1952 |publisher=Australian War Memorial |location=Canberra |access-date=March 2, 2008 |archive-date=September 8, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070908054833/http://www.awm.gov.au/histories/chapter.asp?volume=17 |url-status=dead}}
  • {{cite book |last=Maughan |first=Barton |url=http://www.awm.gov.au/histories/chapter.asp?volume=19 |series=Official History of Australia in the Second World War Series 1 (Army) |volume=III |title=Tobruk and El Alamein |year=1966 |publisher=Australian War Memorial |location=Canberra |access-date=March 2, 2008 |archive-date=September 8, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070908055035/http://www.awm.gov.au/histories/chapter.asp?volume=19 |url-status=dead}}

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