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Description: | Concept: propaganda, civilian morale, cartography, military personnel, politicians, surrender / retreat, military vehicles, aircraft, empire / commonwealth Description: whole: the image occupies the whole. The title is integrated and positioned in the upper right, in black, held within a white scroll design. The main text is integrated and placed in the centre left, upper left, and lower quarter, in black and in red, held within white insets. Further text is integrated and located over the majority, in black. image: a map of the north African coast, with Allied advances along the Egyptian, Libyan and Algerian coasts indicated with coloured arrows. text: THE EXPULSION OF AXIS FORCES FROM NORTH AFRICA [map has various place names] KEY [red block] British Eighth Army [blue block] British First Army, United States Second Corps, and General Giraud's North African French forces [orange block] Fighting French force, led by General Leclerc On May 13th, 1943, General Alexander reports to the Prime Minister: 'Sir, - It is my duty to report that the Tunisian campaign is over. All enemy resistance has ceased. We are masters of the North African shores.' MAY 7th, 1943 TUNIS and BIZERTA CAPTURED EGYPT TO TUNISIA 1,700 Miles in 28 weeks THE AFRICAN CAMPAIGNS HAVE COST THE AXIS: 950,000 Troops Killed or Captured, 8,000 Aircraft Destroyed, 6,200 Guns Captured or Destroyed, 2,550 Tanks Captured or Destroyed, 70,000 Trucks Captured or Destroyed, And Vast Quantities of Military Equipment. NOVEMBER 8th, 1942. British First Army and United States forces land at Algiers. NOVEMBER 26th, 1942. British First Army captures Medjez el Bab, jumping-off ground for final assault, and holds it against continued enemy pressure for five months. FEBRUARY 20th, 1943. Under the supreme command of General Eisenhower, General Alexander assumes command of Eighteenth Army Group including British First and Eighth Armies, Second American Corps and Nineteenth French Corps. APRIL 7th, 1943 The British Eighth Army made contact with the United States Second Corps. The ring of Allied forces was now drawn tight around the doomed Axis armies. Within a few days the final annihilation began. Advance 1,700 miles MARCH 28th, 1943 The powerful fortifications of the Mareth Line fell to a fierce frontal assault by the British Eighth Army and a swift flanking attack which threatened the rear of the Axis forces at El Hamma. Once more the enemy had to retreat to avoid the destruction of the remaining forces. Advance 1,375 miles JANUARY 23rd, 1943 The British Eighth Army entered Tripoli - for two-and-a-half years the main base for Axis armies in North Africa. Meanwhile a Fighting French column led by General Leclerc, which had advanced on Tripoli from the Lake Chad area, joined forces with the British Eighth Army. Advance 1,200 miles DECEMBER 13th, 1942 The salt marshes and wastes at El Agheila provided strong natural defensive positions for the Afrika Korps - and here Rommel hoped to make a stand. But his battered forces could not hold the first powerful thrust of the British Eighth Army and his flight into Tripolitania began. Advance 750 miles NOVEMBER 20th, 1942 Benghazi was evacuated by Axis forces in the face of relentless pressure from the pursuing British Eighth Army. Already, on November 15th, Allied units from the west had made contact with the strong Axis defensive positions near Bizerta and Tunis. The jaws of the pincers were closing. Advance 575 miles NOVEMBER 13th, 1942 Tobruk was re-occupied and the last Axis troops had been chased out of Egypt. Five days previously, on November 8th, powerful United States and British forces landed at Algiers. This was the beginning of a gigantic pincer movement on the Axis forces in North Africa. Advance 325 miles OCTOBER 23rd, 1942 The British Eighth Army launched the attack at El Alamein that sent Rommel's Afrika Korps reeling back in full retreat. Over 1,000 Axis guns, 500 tanks and nearly 700 planes were destroyed in the Battle of Egypt and 75,000 of the enemy killed, wounded or taken prisoner. Advance BEGINS Object: map | Subjects: | poster | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Unknown Associated Person: Alexander, Harold R L G (Field Marshal) Associated Person: Churchill, Winston L S (Sir) Associated Person: Giraud, Henri Associated Person: Leclerc, Phillippe (General) Associated Person: Eisenhower, Dwight D Associated Person: Rommel, Erwin | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=5207... | Go to resource |
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