List Of North African Campaign Battles
This is a listing of World War II battles occurring Northern Africa and is sometimes known as the "Desert War". This 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 North African 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.
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