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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

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1941

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1942

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1943

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Footnotes

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  1. ^ "Engagements – 1940". desertrats.org.uk. Retrieved May 11, 2023.
  2. ^ a b "War in North Africa 1940–1942". World War II Multimedia Database. Archived from the original on February 13, 2008. Retrieved February 20, 2008.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i "History of the 7th Armored, List of Battles, 1941". Archived from the original on August 2, 2012.
  4. ^ Playfair, V.II pg. 162
  5. ^ Rommel, pg. 137
  6. ^ Playfair, V. II pg. 163
  7. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n "Engagements – 1942". ian.a.paterson.btinternet.co.uk. Archived from the original on August 18, 2007. Retrieved February 20, 2008.
  8. ^ "Battle of Gazala"
  9. ^ "The Battle of El Alamein"
  10. ^ Playfair, V IV Map 31
  11. ^ Playfair, V IV Map 34
  12. ^ Playfair, V IV Pg 446

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