The War in the DesertExamines the military leaders, campaigns, battles, tactics and strategy of the African theater of war during World War II. |
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15th Panzer Division 5th Light Division 7th Armored advance Afrika Korps Agheila airfields Alamein Algiers Allied American Armored Division Army's Arnim arrived artillery assault attack Auchinleck Australian Axis forces Axis troops Bardia battalion battle Benghazi Bizerte bombers bombs Britain's British armor British tanks Cairo captured Capuzzo Casablanca Churchill coast coastal road Colonel commander Corps counterattack Cunningham Cyrenaica Darlan defenses Desert Fox east Egypt Eighth Army Eisenhower El Agheila El Alamein El Guettar Elisofon enemy fighting fire Fort Capuzzo Fredendall French front Gazala line German Graziani Guettar Hacheim Halfaya Pass headquarters hills Hitler infantry Italian landing later Libya Lieut machine-gun Major Mareth Line Mediterranean miles minefields Montgomery moved Mussolini night North Africa November O'Connor offensive officers Oran ordered Panzer IV Patton planes rear retreat Ritchie Rommel sand shells Sidi Barrani soldiers staff supply Tebessa Tobruk Tripoli trucks Tunis Tunisia vehicles victory wadi Wavell Western Desert