Tunisian campaign

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World War II campaign military campaign

The Tunisian campaign was the final phase of the North African fighting in World War II, in which Allied forces defeated Axis troops in Tunisia in 1943, leading to the surrender of large German and Italian forces.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	World War II campaign → military campaign →
alsoKnownAs	Tunisia Campaign →
casualties	large Axis losses in personnel and materiel →
combatant	British Eighth Army → French XIX Corps → German Afrika Korps → Italian 1st Army → U.S. II Corps →
conflictIn	World War II →
country	Tunisia →
endTime	1943-05-13 →
followedBy	Allied invasion of Sicily → Operation Husky →
follows	Operation Torch → Second Battle of El Alamein →
geographicScope	Tunisia → eastern Algeria → western Libya →
hasParticipant	Allies → Axis powers → Free French Forces → Kingdom of Italy → Nazi Germany → United Kingdom → United States →
location	Tunisia →
notableCommander	Anderson, Kenneth → Bernard Montgomery → Dwight D. Eisenhower → Erwin Rommel → Hans-Jürgen von Arnim → Harold Alexander →
opponent	Allies → Axis powers →
partOf	European theatre of World War II → Mediterranean Theater of Operations → North African campaign →
result	Allied victory → end of Axis presence in North Africa → surrender of Axis forces in North Africa →
significantBattle	Battle of El Guettar → Battle of Kasserine Pass → Battle of Medenine → Mareth Line battle → Operation Strike → Operation Vulcan →
startTime	1942-11 →
strategicConsequence	enabled Allied invasion of Southern Europe → secured North Africa for the Allies →
timePeriod	1942–1943 →

Referenced by (48)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
21st Panzer Division ("Tunisian Campaign") → 2nd New Zealand Division ("Tunisian Campaign") → Eighth Army (United Kingdom) → Italian XX Motorised Corps ("Tunisian Campaign") → XIII Corps ("Tunisian Campaign") → XXX Corps →	engagement
Battle of El Guettar ("Tunisia Campaign") → Battle of Kasserine Pass ("Tunisia Campaign") → Battle of Medenine ("Tunisia campaign") → Battle of the Mareth Line → Operation Strike → Operation Vulcan →	partOf
1st Infantry Division ("Tunisian Campaign") → 90th Light Africa Division ("Tunisian Campaign") → Allied Expeditionary Force in North Africa ("Tunisian Campaign") → Allied Expeditionary Force in North Africa ("Allied advance to Tunis") → First Army (Allied, North Africa) ("Battle of Tunisia") →	notableEngagement
Eighth Army ("Tunisia campaign") → First Army (Allied, North Africa) ("Tunisia campaign") → French XIX Corps ("Tunisian Campaign") → II Corps (United States) →	campaign
15th Panzer Division ("Tunisian Campaign") → DAK ("Tunisian Campaign") → German Afrika Korps ("Tunisian Campaign") → New Zealand forces ("Tunisian Campaign") →	engagedInBattle
British Eighth Army → Eighth Army → Eighth Army → North African campaign →	notableBattle
Battle of El Alamein → Battle of El Guettar ("Allied advance on Tunis") → Operation Torch ("Tunisian Campaign") →	followedBy
Giovanni Messe → Kenneth Anderson →	conflict
Middle East theatre of World War II ("Tunisia campaign") → North African campaign →	hasPart
French Moroccan Goumiers ("French campaign in Tunisia") →	activeDuring
Tunisian campaign ("Tunisia Campaign") →	alsoKnownAs
French XIX Corps ("Allied liberation of Tunisia") →	associatedEvent
Mediterranean Theater of Operations →	includesOperation
Mediterranean Theater of Operations →	notableCampaign
21st Panzer Division ("Tunisian Campaign") →	participatedIn
Allied invasion of Sicily →	precededBy
Battle of Kasserine Pass ("Axis defense of Tunisia") →	relatedOperation
German Afrika Korps ("Allied forces in North Africa") →	surrenderedTo
Littorio Division ("Tunisian Campaign") →	theater
1st Earl Alexander of Tunis ("Tunisia campaign") →	theatreOfOperations
Operation Strike ("Tunisian campaign of World War II") →	timePeriod