The African Front.
The US didn't get involved until 1941. we began assisting them until a year later.
The war at the african front started in 1940. tanks were used alot then becasue of the sand.
June 10- the fighting in norht africa started wit the italian declaration of war.
1940 Battles; US not assisting with troops yet
1941
Rommel's first offensive
Operation Skorpion was one of the two Axis win
Operations battleaxe
Operation crusader allied victory
1942
Rommel's second offensive
Battle of Gazala axis victory
First battle of el Alamein; no winner
Operation torch; big US win; huge invasion of north africa..
Eighth army offensive; the eighth army was a british war.
Tunisia Campaign; was a bunch of battle up in Tunisia
1943
Tunisian campain started in 1942 and ended in 1943
THe allied powers came out successful in the African Campaign.
The Italian and Mediterranian Fronts
THe Mediterranean Front
encompasses naval, land, and air campaigns fought between the allied and Axis forces in the Mediterranean Basin
Winston Churchill and Franklin Roosevelt started it to relieve pressure from the Soviets
argued the at thye should go through Italy into Germany
Later, an Italy front was formed
Italian Front
the allies advanced towards Rome whihch was blocked by Kesselring's Gustav Line
Allies landed 50000 seaborne troops at Anzio, 33 mi south of Ron on Jan22, 1944.
Allied invasion of Italy
chuchill often callled Italy the "soft underbelly of teh axis"
After the initial invasion, General MArk CDlark called it " one tough gutt"
american forces wanted to put off invading Italy until we imvaded Europe
The allied invasion of Sicily began in July 1943, codenamed Operation Husky
resulted in evacuating the German and Italian forces, the last left of August 17, 1943
allied forces gained experience in opposed amphibious operations, coalition warfare, and mass airborne drops
Forces of the British Eith army landed in the 'toe' of italy obn September 3, 193 on operation Baytown
the italian gevernment agreed to an stop ian army with the allies
all German divisions but two opposite the Eighth Army and one at Salerno wer disarming the Italian army
Allies advance to Rome
the allies advanced North into Rome
the apennine Mountains presented a difficult task being 3000 Ft high
Rivers along the border caused flooding
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