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North African Campaign timeline
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Timeline of the North African Campaign.
Contents |
- September 13: Italian forces invade Egypt from Libya
- September 16: Italian forces establish front east of Sidi Barrani
- December 9: Operation Compass begins
- December 16: Salum captured by Allies
- January 5: Bardia captured by British Eighth Army
- January 22: Tobruk captured by Eighth Army
- February 5: Beda Fomm captured by Eighth 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: German 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
- 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 Hakeim
- 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 8 Operation Torch starts
- November 9: Sidi Barani captured by Allies
- November 11: Tobruk captured by Allied forces
- November 20: Benghazi captured by Allied forces
- December 17: Eastern Task Force and Axis meet at Djebel Abiod
- December 25: Sirte captured by Allies
- January 23: Tripoli captured by British Eighth Army
- February 4: Axis forces in Libya retreat to Tunisian border
- February 19: Battle of Kasserine Pass launched by Axis forces
- March 21: Operation Pugilist launched by Montgomery
- May 7: British enter Tunis, Americans enter Bizerte
- May 13: Axis Powers surrender in Tunisia.
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.