African Campaign.
There were two major campaigns in Africa. The East African campaign was only about one and a half years long, lasting from June of 1940 to November of 1941. This was against the Allies and Italy for the control of Italy controlled East Africa. The ending result was an ally win and Italy pulling out.
The North African campaign was the Campaign that the U.S. was in, it lasted from June of 1940 to May of 1943. Great Britain, United States, Canada, the Free French, and Australia were part of the Allied force and Italy, Germany, and the Vichy French were part of the Axis force. Dwight D. Eisenhower was the leader of the U.S. forces in Africa. This Campaign had a lot of open area combat which allowed for bombing, dogfights, and Tank forces to fight. The Allied Forces win and the Axis powers retreat to Italy allowing the Allies to start their Italian Campaign and fight through Europe.
The African Campaign was a success even though it had many fatalities and material losses. I think it was necessary for the Allies to do it to get into Italy . The British intelligence Ultra also helped intercept and anticipate German movements which in turn helped the Allies be ready for the attacks.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_African_Campaign
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_African_Campaign_%28World_War_II%29
for more pictures: http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/2011/09/world-war-ii-the-north-african-campaign/100140/
U.S. shark nose plane.
A U.S. transport plane over the pyramids in Giza.
Comments
Good but brief overall.