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1940


  • from Libya


  • begins

  • captured by Allies



1941


  • captured by British Eighth Army

  • captured by Eighth Army

  • captured by Eighth Army


  • March 24 : Allied forces at El Agheila defeated

  • captured by Axis

  • begins


  • activated with Rommel in Command

  • October 1 : 5th Light Division redesignated 21st Panzer Division

  • offensive begins

  • December 7 : Tobruk siege relieved by 8th Army

  • reached by the Allies

  • December 31 : Front lines at return to El Agheila



1942




1943


  • captured by British Eighth Army

  • retreat to Tunisian border

  • launched by Axis forces

  • launched by Montgomery

  • , Americans enter Bizerte

  • surrenders in Tunisia.



REFERENCES


Sources for this timeline were primarily derived from several Wikipedia pages (accessed: 2005-04-03) using text and data on maps from Western Desert Campaign and Tunisia Campaign .

Some additional dates from:

  • Young, Peter (1973) ''Battles and Campaigns: The Atlas of the Second World War: 1. March of the Swastika'', Orbis Publishing, London, 64 pp.