Italy was a full member of the Axis alliance but was not as committed to territorial aggrandizement as Germany. German influence was slight and there was no American bases.
France and particularly Britain heavily influenced Egypt as a result of their joint ownership of the Suez Canal. Algeria was a colony of France, Libya of Italy, and the British held two tiny but strategic points in the Mediterranean - Gibraltar at the straits opening to the Atlantic and Malta in its center. North Africa is a region generally considered to include Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Sudan, Tunisia, and the Western Sahara.īefore World War II, European powers held long-established positions in the region. The North African Campaign, or Desert War, took place in the North African desert during World War II between 19.
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