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North Africa Fight Dictates Allied Invasion Plans
The North African campaign, led by Rommel against American and British forces, is framed as a time war with Tunisia as a hinge. Allied supply lines, air and naval pressure, and looming European invasion shape a costly, delaying struggle, while Axis hopes fade.
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Tunisia
G.l.s
Rommel
North Africa
Hitler
Germany
Europe
Maj
George Fielding Eliot
Eighth Army
Mareth
Africa
Axis
Faid Pass
Feriana
Thelepte
Kasserine
Sbeitla
Ousseltia
Kasserine Gap
Tebessa
Alperian
High Command
Foum Tatahouine
Mareth Line
Tunis
Sicily
Bizerte
Naples
Gabes
Gibraltar
New York
Liverpool
Oran
Algiers
Montgomery
Cairo
Alexandria
Churchill
Mediterranean
Sardinia
Spanish Morocco
Eisenhower
Franco
Algeria