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Chronology: -
British victory over the Axis in Egypt, October 23 - November 11, 1942 -
Allies land in French North Africa, November 8 - 16, 1942 -
Germans land in Tunisia, November 9 - 17, 1942 -
Germans occupy Vichy France, November 10 - 11, 1942 Description of
the North African campaign: - Following
Germany's defeat of France in June 1940, the British scuttled the French Mediterranean fleet at Mers-el-Kebir to keep it from
the Germans - the Italians
declared war against the British and the French and launched an attack from Libya against the
British in Egypt, but the British pushed them back into Tunisia; - the
Germans came to the aid of the Italians and pushed the British back into Egypt, but they were eventually stopped in Egypt
at El-Alamein, and then forced back into Tunisia. - As the British pushed the Germans back into Tunisia in 1942, the Americans disembarked
in North Africa, with landings in Morocco and Algeria; -
the Allies then defeated the Axis in Tunisia, 1943
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