Table of Data Points
1944-03-24 | The Great Escape | 76 prisoners of Stalag Luft III escape. 73 are subsequently recaptured and 50 are murdered by the Gestapo on Hitler's orders. | Read about 'The Great Escape' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'The Great Escape' | ||
1943-05-07 | British in Tunis | As the last remaining German defenders in Tunisia are swept away, British tanks enter Tunis. | Read about 'British in Tunis' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'British in Tunis' | ||
1943-05-07 | Bizerte falls | Infantry from the American II corp continue their advance to the north and enter Bizerte. Germany resistance in North Africa has effectively ended. | Read about 'Bizerte falls' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Bizerte falls' | ||
1943-02-14 | 1943-02-17 | Sidi Bou Zid | US troops from the 1st Armoured Division CCA (Combat Command A), CCB and CCC is forced to retreat after losing losing 46 medium tanks, 130 vehicles and 9 self-propelled guns. | Read about 'Sidi Bou Zid' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Sidi Bou Zid' | |
1943-01-23 | Tripoli Captured | With Rommel withdrawing to the French-built southern defenses of Tunisia, the Mareth Line, following the Second Battle of El Alamein. The British 8th Army enter Tripoli. | Read about 'Tripoli Captured' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Tripoli Captured' | ||
1942-11-08 | 1942-11-10 | Operation Torch | The combined British-American landings in French North Africa. The invasion hoped to Axis Powers from North Africa, improve naval control of the Mediterranean Sea and prepare an invasion of Southern Europe in 1943. | Read about 'Operation Torch' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Operation Torch' | |
1942-10-23 | 1942-11-05 | Second El Alamein | This Allied victory turned the tide in the North African Campaign. It ended Axis hopes of occupying Egypt, taking control of the Suez Canal, and gaining access to the Middle Eastern oil fields. | Read about 'Second El Alamein' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Second El Alamein' | |
1942-08-30 | 1942-09-05 | Alam el Halfa | The last major Axis offensive of the Western Desert campaign, Rommel had planned to defeat the British Eighth Army before Allied reinforcements made an Axis victory in Africa impossible. Rommel's attack failed and he was forced to withdraw. | Read about 'Alam el Halfa' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Alam el Halfa' | |
1942-07-01 | 1942-07-27 | First El Alamein | British and commonwealth troops, following the retreat after Gazala, halt the Axis advance on Alexandria. This tactically inconclusive battle had a profound strategic affect on the Axis forces' ability to wage war. | Read about 'First El Alamein' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'First El Alamein' | |
1942-06-22 | Field Marshal Rommel | After the combined Italian/German capture of the vital sea port at Tobruk, Hitler promotes Rommel to the rank of Field Marshal. | Read about 'Field Marshal Rommel' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Field Marshal Rommel' |
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