During World War II, North Africa was a crucial battleground where the Allied forces, primarily the British and American armies, clashed with the Axis powers, particularly the German Afrika Korps led by Erwin Rommel. The North African campaign witnessed several significant Allied victories that turned the tide of the war in their favor. These victories included the Second Battle of El Alamein in Egypt (1942), where the British Eighth Army under General Bernard Montgomery routed Rommel's forces, forcing them to retreat westward. The Allied forces then pursued the Axis troops, achieving further victories at the Battle of Kasserine Pass in Tunisia (1943) and culminating in the final defeat of the Axis forces in North Africa at the Battle of Tunis in May 1943. These victories in North Africa not only boosted Allied morale but also opened the Mediterranean Sea to Allied shipping, disrupted Axis supply lines, and paved the way for the eventual Allied invasion of Italy and mainland Europe.
