Why did the North Africa Campaign Matter in WW2?
As Erwin Rommel's Afrika Korps rolled into Egypt in 1942, the only thing standing between them and Cairo and the Suez Canal was British 8th Army. In this video we look at what was at stake for both sides, and why the North Africa Campaign made a crucial impact on the outcome of the Second World War. Bibliography Badoglio, Pietro. L’Italia Nella Seconda Guerra Mondiale: Memorie E Documenti. Verona, Italy: A. Mondadori, 1946. Braddock, David Wilson, Norman Henry Gibbs, and Nick Carter. Britain’s Desert War in Egypt and Libya, 1940-1942: The End of the Beginning. Yorkshire, UK: Pen & Sword Military, 2019. Greene, Jack, and Alessandro Massignani. The Naval War in the Mediterranean 1940-1943. London, UK: Frontline Books, 2011. Holland, James. The Allies Strike Back, 1941-1943: The War in the West, Volume Two. New York City, NY: Atlantic Monthly Press, 2017. Latimer, Jon. Operation Compass 1940: Wavell’s Whirlwind Offensive. London, UK: Osprey, 2000. Mitcham, Samuel W. Rommel’s Desert War: The Life and Death of the Afrika Korps. Mechanicsburg, PA: Stackpole Books, 2007. O'Brien, P. P. (2022). How the War was Won: Air-Sea Power and Allied victory in World War II. Cambridge University Press. Porch, Douglas. Hitler’s Mediterranean Gamble: The North African and the Mediterranean campaigns in World War II. London, UK: Phoenix, 2005. Walker, Ian W. Iron Hulls, Iron hearts: Mussolini’s Elite Armoured Divisions in North Africa. Ramsbury, UK: Crowood, 2006.
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