Did you know that during WWII some of the turning points of the war were in Northern Africa? Soon after the Italians joined the war, the war quickly spread to Africa. When the attacks had first started, the Italians and Germans were winning battles back to back. In the late months of 1942, the British and Americans made a comeback by having the French join them and the following year, the Italians and Germans surrendered. With the help of many different generals, the British and Americans beat the Italians and Germans after three long and stressful years of hard work and dedication.
When Italy and Germany had made “the pact of steel” the war had moved towards the Northern part of Africa. For many years the British and the Italians were able to be …show more content…
Most of the parts of Africa they were fighting for belonged to the French, and the other portion belonged to the British. When Mussolini (the Italian leader) came to Africa, assuming that the British were going to surrender quick; after they had just lost a battle with Germany, but was surprised when he noticed that they were not going to surrender and realized that they would have to go to war to expand Africa. In the summer of 1940, the Italians got ready to go the British owned part of Africa, but once they arrived they were immediately attacked by the Western Desert Force, which had only 40,000 men, and only around 2,000 of the Western Desert Force were killed or injured during this battle. In August 1940, Italian troops went to Sudan and captured Kassala and Gallabat. They then headed to Kenya, on the mission to also capture Moyale. On December 9th, 1940 the British had found a gap in the Italians’ defense and quickly went through the gap, surprising Graziani once again. Within the time period of two days, 40,000 Italians had surrendered and
When Italy and Germany had made “the pact of steel” the war had moved towards the Northern part of Africa. For many years the British and the Italians were able to be …show more content…
Most of the parts of Africa they were fighting for belonged to the French, and the other portion belonged to the British. When Mussolini (the Italian leader) came to Africa, assuming that the British were going to surrender quick; after they had just lost a battle with Germany, but was surprised when he noticed that they were not going to surrender and realized that they would have to go to war to expand Africa. In the summer of 1940, the Italians got ready to go the British owned part of Africa, but once they arrived they were immediately attacked by the Western Desert Force, which had only 40,000 men, and only around 2,000 of the Western Desert Force were killed or injured during this battle. In August 1940, Italian troops went to Sudan and captured Kassala and Gallabat. They then headed to Kenya, on the mission to also capture Moyale. On December 9th, 1940 the British had found a gap in the Italians’ defense and quickly went through the gap, surprising Graziani once again. Within the time period of two days, 40,000 Italians had surrendered and