BEST ANSWER. James Furlong, Agent, Brookline, MA. Clear to close means that the lender has completed all their work, are satisfied with everything and have OK'd the loan to proceed. Next thing they will prepare the closing papers, send them to the closing attorney and you will sign a ton of papers.
The North African military campaigns of World War II were waged between September 13, 1940, and May 13, 1943. They were strategically important for both the Western Allies and the Axis powers. The Axis powers aimed to deprive the Allies of access to Middle Eastern oil supplies, to secure and increase Axis access to the oil, and to cut off Britain from the material and human resources of its empire in Asia and Africa.
Rommel was ordered to bring a light infantry division (the 5th) down to North Africa in February-March 1941. Rommel's troops sneaked into North Africa behind the Italian position in Tripoli just as the British advance right across the North African Mediterranean coastline was entering Tripoli.