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North Africa Campaign

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PALERMO, SICILY - AUGUST 22, 1943: A view as Allied forces drive through town after the invasion of Sicily, 5 days after winning the campaign called Operation Husky, during the World War II in Palermo, Sicily, Italy. (Photo by Ivan Dmitri/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)

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Invasion of Sicily

The Allies Target Italy When the Allies won the North African Campaign on May 13, 1943, a quarter-million German and Italian troops surrendered at Tunisia, on the north coast of Africa. With the huge Allied army and navy in the southern Mediterranean now freed for further action, British and American strategists faced two options: Transfer […]

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Erwin Rommel, Rommel's Gold

Erwin Rommel

Early Life and Service in World War I Rommel was born on November 15, 1891, in Heidenheim, in the kingdom of Württemberg, Germany. While his father was a school teacher and headmaster, young Rommel displayed little interest in academics, and his family urged him to pursue a career as an army officer. As the more […]

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Bernard Law Montgomery

British Field Marshall Bernard Law Montgomery (1887-1976) was among the most decorated military leaders of World War II. Tapped to take command of the Eighth Army, he earned renown for his part in the first major Allied land victory at El Alamein, Egypt, in 1942. Montgomery became ground commander of the Anglo-American forces under Dwight […]

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Erwin Rommel, Rommel's Gold

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8 Things You May Not Know About Erwin Rommel

On the 70th anniversary of his death get the facts on the famed “Desert Fox.”

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German General Erwin Rommel arrives in Africa

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German lieutenant Erwin Rommel leads daring mission in France

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1944

German General Erwin Rommel—aka “The Desert Fox”—dies by suicide

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1942

The Battle of El Alamein begins

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1941

British forces arrive in Greece

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1943

Battle of the Kasserine Pass

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