North Africa
•Reasons for fighting here:The Suez Canal and Oil in the Middle East
-Montgomery vs. Rommel
•Prevent the Germans from the Suez and oil and shows the Germans best troops could be beaten
-Montgomery vs. Rommel
•Prevent the Germans from the Suez and oil and shows the Germans best troops could be beaten
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The Allied war effort was dominated by the British Commonwealth and exiles from German-occupied Europe. The United States entered the war in 1941 and began direct military assistance in North Africa. The Italian declaration of war on 10 June 1940. On 14 June, the British Army's 11th Hussars crossed the border from Egypt into Libya and captured the Italians.
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