North Africa

Featured

By Bundesarchiv, Bild 101I-554-0872-35 / Pirath, Helmuth / CC-BY-SA 3.0, CC BY-SA 3.0 de, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=5412588

How General Erwin Rommel's Afrika Korps Earned Its Infamy

Top Stories

By No 1 Army Film & Photographic Unit, Jarche J (Mr) - http://media.iwm.org.uk/iwm/mediaLib//293/media-293638/large.jpgThis is photograph E 5450 from the collections of the Imperial War Museums., Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.ph

Yes, This British Commander Beat Nazi General Rommel (Twice)

By Beadell, S J (Lt) Royal Navy official photographer - This is photograph A 18836 from the collections of the Imperial War Museums (collection no. 4700-01), Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=2356027

The Definition of WWII Courage: Meet the Submarine HMS Upholder

The Anti-Aircraft Gun That Might Have Been Effective Against the German in the North Africa Desert

Erwin Rommel in a Horch 901 car. Libya. June 30, 1941. Hulton Archive.

Why Was Nazi General Rommel Called the "Desert Fox"?

By Bundesarchiv, Bild 101I-719-0240-22 / Jesse / CC-BY-SA 3.0, CC BY-SA 3.0 de, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=5413491

History Lesson: How Erwin Rommel Became the Infamous "Desert Fox"

View All Top Stories

Stories From North Africa

The Story Behind Mussolini's Disastrous North African Campaign

Operation Torch: Why Did America Fight French Forces in 1942?

Tales from a Sherman Tank: A World War II Soldier Remembers a Fight Through Germany

WWII: Meet the British Howitzers That Decimated Nazi Forces

Wikimedia Commons

World War II: Why the Tank Battles of North Africa Made History

World War II: A View of the Battlefield from the Inside a Sherman tank

Disaster in the Desert: How Hitler's Forces Defeated the British Army at Tobruk

Kasserine Pass: Erwin Rommel's Last Battlefield Victory of World War II

In World War II, The Royal Navy Declared War On France's Battleship Fleet

Operation Torch: The Allied Operation That Crushed Hitler's Forces in North Africa

Most Popular

Algeria: The Bastion of North Africa

Following the Money in Libya

The President Versus the Generals: Algeria's Latest Power Play

The Mediterranean Is Its Own Region. Time to Treat It That Way.

ISIS's Next Big Terror Target Might Be Tunisia

View All Popular Stories