“List of North African Campaign battles”的意思、由来-开放百科全书

This is a listing of World War II battles occurring Northern Africa and is sometimes known as the "Desert War". This 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 North African 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.

1941

Operation Compass continued

The Offensive Resumes
January 3–5: First Battle of Bardia
January 9–26: First Battle of Tobruk^[2]
January 25: First Battle of Mechili
January 24–26: Battle of Derna
February 5: Fall of Benghazi
February 5–7: Battle of Beda Fomm

Rommel's First Offensive

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^[3]
April 12: First Battle of Sollum^[3]
April 12: Fourth Battle of Fort Capuzzo^[3]
April 30: First Battle of Halfaya Pass^[3]

Operation Brevity

May 15: Second Battle of Halfaya Pass
May 15–16: Fifth Battle of Fort Capuzzo^[4]

Operation Skorpion

May 27: Third Battle of Halfaya Pass^[5]^[6]

Operation Battleaxe

June 15–17: Fourth Battle of Halfaya Pass^[3]
June 15: Battle for Point 206
June 15–16: Battle for Hafid Ridge^[3]
June 15–16: Sixth Battle of Fort Capuzzo
June 16: Battle of Sidi Omar
June 17: Battle of Sidi Suleiman

Operation Crusader

November 19 – December 4: First Battle of Bir el Gubi
November 19 - December 1: Battle of Sidi Rezegh (Known by the Germans as "de Salis Ridge"^[3])
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 Battle of Bir el Gubi
December 11–27: First Battle of Cyrenaica Line^[3]
December 13: Battle of Alem Hamza
December 13–14: Battle of Point 204
December 23: Battle of Antelat^[3]
December 23: Second Battle of Beda Fomm^[3]

1942

Operation Crusader continued

January 2: Battle of Bardia
January 12: Third Battle of Sollum

Rommel's Second Offensive

January 21: Second Battle of El Agheila
January 23: Second Battle of Cyrenaica Line^[7]
January 28: Second Battle of Benghazi^[7]

Battle of Gazala^[8]

May 27: Battle of Retma Box^[7]
The Cauldron'^[7]
May 27 – June 12: Battle of El Adem
May 28- June 10: Battle of Bir Hakeim^[7]
May 31: Battle of 150th Brigade Box^[7]
June 13: Battle of Knightsbridge^[7]
June 15: Battle of Point 650
June 20: Fall of Tobruk^[7]

First Battle of El Alamein

June 26–28: Battle of Mersa Matruh
June 28: Battle of Fuka
June 30: Battle of the El Alamein Box
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^[7]

September 2: Battle of Himeimat^[7]

Second Battle of El Alamein^[9]

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^[7]

Operation Torch^[2]

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

Eighth Army Offensive

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 - Nov. 26: Battle of Djebel Abiod
November 20: Second Battle of Benghazi
December 12: Second Battle of the Coast Road
December14–16: Second Battle of El Agheila^[7]
December 15: Battle of Wadi Zem Zem (or Buerat)^[7]
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 16–17: Battle of Maknassy
December 22–23: Battle of Longstop Hill
December 22–25: Second Battle of Tebourba

1943

Eighth Army Offensive continued

Jan. 23: Battle of Tripoli^[7]

Tunisian Campaign continued

Jan 14: Battle of Faïd pass
February 14–17: Battle of Sidi Bou Zid
February 19–24: Battle of Kasserine Pass
February 26 - March 4: Operation Ochsenkopf (Ox Head)
March 6: Operation Capri
March 6: Battle of Medenine
March 16–27: Operation Pugilist
March 16–23: Battle of Mareth^[10]
March 23 – April 7: Battle of El Guettar
March 26–28: Operation Supercharge II
March 26: Battle of Tebaga Gap^[11]
April 6: Battle of Wadi Akarit
April 22 – May 6: Operation Vulcan
Battle of Longstop Hill (1943)
May 6–13: Operation Strike^[12]

References

{{cite book |last=Long |first=Gavin |url=http://www.awm.gov.au/histories/chapter.asp?volume=17 |series=Official History of Australia in the Second World War Series 1 (Army) |title=To Benghazi |volume=I |year=1961| origyear=1952 |publisher=Australian War Memorial |location=Canberra |oclc=}}

{{cite book |last=Maughan |first=Barton |url=http://www.awm.gov.au/histories/chapter.asp?volume=19 |series=Official History of Australia in the Second World War Series 1 (Army) |volume=III |title=Tobruk and El Alamein |year=1966 |publisher=Australian War Memorial |location=Canberra |oclc=}}

Footnotes

1. ^{{cite magazine | quotes = | last = | first = | authorlink = | issue=23 December 1940| title =Battle of the Marmarica|magazine=Time Magazine| url =http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,765077-1,00.html | accessdate = 2007-12-17 | date=December 23, 1940}}
2. ^¹"War in North Africa 1940-1942" {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080213083604/http://worldwar2database.com/html/africa.htm |date=2008-02-13 }}
3. ^¹²³⁴⁵⁶⁷⁸⁹{{cite web|url=http://www.ian.a.paterson.btinternet.co.uk/battles1941.htm |title=History of the 7th Armored, List of Battles, 1941 |archiveurl=https://archive.is/20120802203310/http://www.ian.a.paterson.btinternet.co.uk/battles1941.htm |archivedate=2012-08-02 |deadurl=yes |df= }}
4. ^Playfair, V.II pg. 162
5. ^Rommel, pg. 137
6. ^Playfair, V. II pg. 163
7. ^¹²³⁴⁵⁶⁷⁸⁹¹⁰¹¹¹²¹³[https://web.archive.org/web/20070814061819/http://www.ian.a.paterson.btinternet.co.uk/battles1942.htm "History of the 7th Armored, List of Battles, 1942"]
8. ^"Battle of Gazala"
9. ^"The Battle of El Alamein"
10. ^Playfair, V IV Map 31
11. ^Playfair, V IV Map 34
12. ^Playfair, V IV Pg 446

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