Timeline of the North African Campaign. == 1940== * September 13: Italian forces invade Egypt from Libya * September 16: Italian forces establish front east of Sidi Barani * December 9: Operation Compass begins * December 16: Solum captured by Allies == 1941 == * 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 Erwin Rommel in Command * October 1: 5th Light Division redesignated 21st Panzer Division * November 18: Claude Auchinleck 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 == 1942 == * 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 Hacheim * 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 == 1943 == * January 23: Tripoli captured by British Eighth Army * February 4: Axis forces in Libya retreat to Tunisia border * February 19: Battle of Kasserine Pass launched by Axis forces * March 21: Operation Pugilist launched by Bernard Law Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein * May 7: British enter Tunis, Americans enter Bizerte * May 13: German Army Group Afrika surrenders in Tunisia. == References == 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. North African Campaign
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Timeline of the North African Campaign. == 1940== * September 13: Italian forces invade Egypt from Libya * September 16: Italian forces establish front east of Sidi Barani * December 9: Operation Compass begins * December 16: Solum captured by Allies == 1941 == * 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 Erwin Rommel in Command * October 1: 5th Light Division redesignated 21st Panzer Division * November 18: Claude Auchinleck 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 == 1942 == * 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 Hacheim * 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 == 1943 == * January 23: Tripoli captured by British Eighth Army * February 4: Axis forces in Libya retreat to Tunisia border * February 19: Battle of Kasserine Pass launched by Axis forces * March 21: Operation Pugilist launched by Bernard Law Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein * May 7: British enter Tunis, Americans enter Bizerte * May 13: German Army Group Afrika surrenders in Tunisia. == References == 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. North African Campaign
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