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North Africa. North Africa (sometimes Northern Africa) is a region encompassing the northern portion of the African continent. There is no singularly accepted scope for the region, and it is sometimes defined as stretching from the Atlantic shores of the Western Sahara in the west, to Egypt and Sudan's Red Sea coast in the east.
The history of North Africa has been divided into its prehistory, its classical period, the arrival and spread of Islam, the colonial period, and finally the post-independence era, in which the current nations were formed. The region has been influenced by many diverse cultures. The development of sea travel firmly brought the region into the ...
Maghrebi Jews ( מַגּרֶבִּים or מַאגרֶבִּים , Maghrebim) or North African Jews ( יהודי צפון אפריקה Yehudei Tzfon Africa ), are a Jewish diaspora group with a long history in the Maghreb region of North Africa, which includes present-day Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, and Libya. These communities were ...
The North African campaign of World War II took place in North Africa from 10 June 1940 to 13 May 1943, fought between the Allies and the Axis Powers. It included campaigns in the Libyan and Egyptian deserts ( Western Desert campaign, Desert War), in Morocco and Algeria ( Operation Torch ), and in Tunisia ( Tunisia campaign ).
The Maghreb ( / ˈmɑːɡrəb /; [ 4] Arabic: ْاَلْمَغْرِب, romanized : al-Maghrib, lit. 'the west'), also known as the Arab Maghreb ( Arabic: اَلْمَغْرِبُ الْعَرَبِيُّ) and Northwest Africa, [ 5] is the western part of the Arab world. The region comprises western and central North Africa, including Algeria ...
BERBERS, the name under which are included the various branches of the indigenous “Libyan” race of North Africa. However this may be, tribal titles, Barabara and Beraberata, appear in Egyptian inscriptions of 1700 and 1300 B.C, and the Berbers were probably intimately related with the Egyptians in very early times.
14 June: British forces cross from Egypt into Libya and capture Fort Capuzzo [ 3] 16 June: The first tank battle of the North African campaign takes place, the "Engagement at Nezuet Ghirba" [ 3] July 1940: British navy shells French warships in the port of Oran to keep them out of German hands. 13 September: Italian forces invade Egypt from ...
Operation Torch (8–16 November 1942) was an Allied invasion of French North Africa during the Second World War.Torch was a compromise operation that met the British objective of securing victory in North Africa while allowing American armed forces the opportunity to begin their fight against Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy on a limited scale. [6]