the battle for North Africa
- Reasons for fighting here:
-The Suez Canal
-Oil in the Middle East
-The Suez Canal
-Oil in the Middle East
montgomery vs rommel
- Bernard Montgomery and his Desert Rats fought:
-Erwin Rommel and the Afrika Korps.
-They win a turning point battle at Al Elamein in 1942 NUTS
-Prevent the Germans from the Suez and oil and shows the Germans best troops could be beaten
-Americans join in 1942 under Dwight D. Eisenhower
-Erwin Rommel and the Afrika Korps.
-They win a turning point battle at Al Elamein in 1942 NUTS
-Prevent the Germans from the Suez and oil and shows the Germans best troops could be beaten
-Americans join in 1942 under Dwight D. Eisenhower
summary
Due to the abundance of natural resources namely oil in North Africa, it was a viable target for allied and Axis forces alike. The first groups to attempt to take control of the region were Italians. However the British came to drive them off, seeing that they were losing the battle the Italians had called for help from the Germans. What followed was a conflict that lasted for three years all over the control of oil.