List of North African campaign battles
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The North African campaign of World War II, sometimes called the "Desert War", includes the campaigns in Egypt and Libya (often referred to as the Western Desert campaign or the "Egypt–Libya Campaign") and those campaigns in Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia (usually referred to as the Tunisian campaign. This is not a comprehensive list of all engagements and generally does not cover isolated skirmishes of units smaller than a company in size.
This is part of the more comprehensive list of World War II battles.
1940
June 14–16: First Battle of Fort Capuzzo
June 17: Battle of Girba
September: Second Battle of Fort Capuzzo
September 9–16: Italian invasion of Egypt
December 9 – February 9, 1941: Operation Compass
December 8: Battle of the Camps
December 9: Battle of Nibeiwa
December 10: Third Battle of Fort Capuzzo
December 20–21 March 1941: Siege of Giarabub
1941
Operation Compass continued
January 3–5: First Battle of Bardia
January 9–26: First Battle of Tobruk
January 25: First Battle of Mechili
January 24–26: Battle of Derna
February 5: Fall of Benghazi
February 5–7: Battle of Beda Fomm
Operation Sunflower
March 21–23: Battle of the Oasis
March 24: First Battle of El Agheila
April 6–8: Second Battle of Mechili
April 10 – November 27: Siege of Tobruk
April 12: Second Battle of Bardia
April 12: First Battle of Sollum
April 12: Fourth Battle of Fort Capuzzo
April 30: First Battle of Halfaya Pass
Operation Brevity
May 15: Second Battle of Halfaya Pass
May 15–16: Fifth Battle of Fort Capuzzo
Operation Skorpion
May 27: Third Battle of Halfaya Pass
Operation Battleaxe
June 15–17: Fourth Battle of Halfaya Pass
June 15: Battle for Point 206
June 15–16: Battle for Hafid Ridge
June 15–16: Sixth Battle of Fort Capuzzo
June 16: Battle of Sidi Omar
June 17: Battle of Sidi Suleiman
Operation Crusader
November 19: First Action at Bir el Gubi
November 19 - December 1: Battle of Sidi Rezegh
November 21 – December 7: Second Battle of Tobruk
November 21: Battle of Bir el Haiad
November 22: Battle of Bir Ghirba
November 22: Second Battle of Sidi Omar
November 27: Battle of Bir el Chleta
November 29 - December 4: Battle of Ed Dedu
November 29 - December 1: Battle of Belhamed
December 1: Battle of Zaafran
December 2: Battle of Belhamed Road
December 3–7: Second Action at Bir el Gubi
December 11–27: First Battle of Cyrenaica Line
December 13: Battle of Alem Hamza
December 13–14: Battle of Point 204
December 23: Battle of Antelat
December 23: Second Battle of Beda Fomm
1942
Operation Crusader continued
January 2: Battle of Bardia
January 12: Third Battle of Sollum
Operation Theseus
January 21: Second Battle of El Agheila
January 23: Second Battle of Cyrenaica Line
January 28: Second Battle of Benghazi
Battle of Gazala
May 27: Battle of Retma Box
Battle of the Cauldron
May 27 – June 12: Battle of El Adem
May 28 – June 10: Battle of Bir Hakeim
May 31: Battle of the 150th Brigade Box
June 13: Battle of Knightsbridge
June 15: Battle of Point 650
June 20: Fall of Tobruk
Operation Aida
June 26–28: Battle of Mersa Matruh
June 28: Battle of Fuka
June 30: Battle of the El Alamein Box
July 1-27: First Battle of El Alamein
July 1–2: First Battle of the Coast Road
July 1: Battle of Deir el Shein
July 2: First Battle of Ruweisat Ridge
July 3–5: Battle of the Qattara box (Also known as Battle of the Kaponga box)
July 10: First Battle of Tel el Eisa
July 14: Second Battle of Ruweisat Ridge
July 14: Second Battle of Tel el Eisa
July 22: Third Battle of Ruweisat Ridge
July 27: Third Battle of Tel el Eisa
July 27: Battle of Miteiriya Ridge
August 30 – September 2: Battle of Alam el Halfa
September 2: Battle of Himeimat
Second Battle of El Alamein
October 23–28: Operation Lightfoot
October 23–25: Battle of the Oxalic Line
October 23: Fourth Battle of Ruweisat Ridge
October 24–26: Battle of Kidney Ridge
October 25: Fourth Battle of Tell el Eisa
October 25–26: Battle of Point 29
October 26–28: The German Counter Attack
October 27: Battle of Position Snipe
October 28 - November 1: Battle of Thompson's Post
November 1–2: Operation Supercharge
November 2: Battle of Tell el Aqqaqir
November 2–4: Battle of Sidi Abdel Rahman
November 2: Battle of Himeimat
Operation Torch
November 8–16 Battle of Casablanca
November 8–10: Operation Blackstone
November 8–10: Operation Brushwood
November 8–10: Operation Goalpost
November 8: Battle of Arzew
November 8: Operation Reservist
November 8: Battle of Tafarquay Airfield
November 8: Battle of Youk-Les-Bains Airfield
November 8: Battle of Algiers
November 8: Operation Terminal
Operation Supercharge continued
November 7: Battle of Marsa Matruh
November 9: Battle of Sidi Barrani
November 9: Third Battle of Halfaya Pass
November 13:Battle of Agedabia
November 13: Third Battle of Torbuk
November 17–26: Battle of Djebel Abiod
November 20: Second Battle of Benghazi
December 12: Second Battle of the Coast Road
December 14–16: Second Battle of El Agheila
December 15: Battle of Wadi Zem Zem (or Buerat)
December 25: Battle of Sirte
Tunisia campaign
November 24: First Battle of Medjez
November 24: First Battle of Djedeida Airfield
November 26: Battle of Djebel Abiod
November 27: Second Battle of Medjez
November 28: Second Battle of Djedeida Airfield
December 1: First Battle of Tebourba
December 2–3: First Battle of Faid Pass
December 16–17: Battle of Maknassy
December 22–23: First Battle of Longstop Hill
December 22–25: Second Battle of Tebourba
1943
Eighth Army Offensive continued
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