What is North African Campaign?
{{Infobox military conflict | conflict = North African Campaign | place = [[North Africa]] | partof = [[World War II]] | image = The Campaign in North Africa 1940-1943 E1570.jpg | caption = Australian troops in 1941 | date = 10 June 1940 -13 May 1943 | result = [[Allies of World War II|Allied]] victory | combatant1 = '''[[Allies of World War II|Allies]]'''<br>{{flagdeco|United Kingdom}} [[United Kingdom]] * {{flagcountry|British India|Viceroy}} * {{flag|Australia}}{{refn|[[Statute of Westminster Adoption Act 1942|Self-governance from 1942]]}} * {{flagcountry|Dominion of New Zealand}} {{flagcountry|Union of South Africa}}<br>{{flag|Australia}}{{refn|[[Statute of Westminster Adoption Act 1942|Self-governance from 1942]]}}<br>{{flag|United States|1912}}<br>{{flagdeco|Free French}} [[Free French]]<br>{{flagcountry|Kingdom of Greece|state}}<br>([[Allies of World War II|and others]]) | combatant2 = '''[[Axis powers|Axis]]'''<br>{{flagcountry|Fascist Italy}} * {{flagcountry|Italian Libya}} {{flag|Nazi Germany|name=Germany}}<hr>{{flag|Vichy France}} | commander1 = {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} [[Winston Churchill]]<br>{{flagicon|United States|1912}} [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]]<br>{{flagicon|Free France}} [[Charles de Gaulle]] | commander2 = {{flagicon|Fascist Italy}} [[Benito Mussolini]]<br>{{flagicon|Nazi Germany}} [[Adolf Hitler]]<hr>{{flagicon|Vichy France|chief of state}} [[Philippe Pétain]] | campaignbox = {{WWIITheatre}} }} The '''North African Campaign''' was part of the [[World War II|Second World War]]. It took place in [[North Africa]] from 10 June 1940 to 13 May 1943. The campaign in North Africa included fighting in the Egyptian and [[Libyan Desert|Libyan Deserts]] (the Desert War), and in [[Morocco]] and [[Algeria]] (Operation Torch) and [[Tunisia]] (Tunisia Campaign). There was a see-saw series of battles for the control of [[Libya]] and parts of [[Egypt]]. The [[Siege of Tobruk]] in 1941 was one of the turning points. In the [[Second Battle of El Alamein]], [[Commonwea