Kev sib tw North African, uas yog Allied rog thiab Axis lub tebchaws tau ua ntau qhov kev tawm tsam thiab tawm tsam kev tawm tsam hauv cov suab puam ntawm North Africa, tau kav txij xyoo 1940 txog 1943. Libya tau yog pawg neeg Italian tau ntau xyoo lawm, thiab Egypt nyob sib ze tau nyob hauv Askiv tswj hwm txij li xyoo 1882. Thaum Ltalis tshaj tawm kev ua tsov rog rau lub tebchaws ntawm kev tawm tsam Hitler kev koom tes hauv xyoo 1940, kev tawm tsam tam sim ntawd pib ntawm ob lub xeev. Thaum lub Cuaj Hlis xyoo 1940, Ltalis tau txeeb tebchaws Iziv, tabsis thaum Lub Kaum Ob Hlis ntawm tib lub xyoo, tau tawm tsam qhov kev tawm tsam, vim tias cov tub rog Askiv thiab Khab tau ntes txog 130 txhiab tus neeg Italians. Hauv kev teb rau qhov swb, Hitler xa tus tshiab Afrika Korps raws li cov lus txib ntawm General Erwin Rommel rau pem hauv ntej. Ntau qhov kev tawm tsam hnyav tau tshwm sim nyob rau thaj tsam ntawm Libya thiab Egypt. Qhov kev hloov pauv hauv kev ua rog yog Tsov Rog Zaum Ob ntawm El Alamein thaum kawg xyoo 1942, thaum lub sijhawm Tus Thawj Kav Tebchaws General Bernard Montgomery tus tub rog thib 8 tau swb thiab tsav Hitlerite pab tub rog los ntawm Egypt mus rau Tunisia. Thaum lub Kaum Ib Hlis 1942, raws li ib feem ntawm Kev Ua Haujlwm Teeb, Tebchaws Askiv thiab Tebchaws Meskas tau tsaws ntau txhiab tus tub rog nyob rau sab hnub poob ntawm North Africa. Raws li qhov tshwm sim ntawm kev ua haujlwm, thaum lub Tsib Hlis 1943, cov tub rog ntawm kev tawm tsam Hitler kev sib koom ua ke thaum kawg yeej pab tub rog ntawm Nazi bloc hauv Tunisia, tso kev Tsov Rog Tsov Rog Thoob Ntiaj Teb Zaum Kawg. (45 duab) (Saib txhua ntu ntawm koob "Keeb Kwm ntawm Kev Tsov Rog Thoob Ntiaj Teb Zaum Ob")
Ib tus kws tsav dav hlau Askiv uas muaj kev paub ntau heev nyob hauv av tsaws rau Sharknose Squadron's Kittyhawk tus neeg tua rog thaum muaj cua daj cua dub nyob hauv Libyan Desert thaum lub Plaub Hlis 2, 1942. Tus kws kho tsheb, uas zaum ntawm lub dav hlau tis, qhia kev taw qhia rau tus kws tsav dav hlau. (AP Duab)
Cov tub rog Australian tua cov neeg German ruaj hauv qab npog cov pa luam yeeb nyob rau sab hnub poob Suab puam ntawm North Africa, Kaum Ib Hlis 27, 1942. (AP Duab)
Tus Thawj Kav Tebchaws German Erwin Rommel caij ntawm lub taub hau ntawm Pawg Panzer 15th ntawm Tobruk thiab Sidi Omar, Libya, 1941. (NRHA)
Cov tub rog Australian taug kev tom qab tso tsheb hlau luam thaum rov xyaum ua phem rau hauv cov xuab zeb ntawm North Africa thaum Lub Ib Hlis 3, 1941. Cov tub rog caij nkoj nrog lub tso tsheb hlau luam raws li kev tiv thaiv thaum muaj cua tawm. (AP Duab)
German Junkers Ju-87 "Stuck" dive foob pob foob pob hauv tebchaws Askiv ze ntawm Tobruk, Libya, Lub Kaum Hli 1941. (AP Duab)
Ib tus kws tsav dav hlau RAF tso tus ntoo khaub lig hla ntawm lub qhov ntxa ntawm cov kws tsav dav hlau Italian uas tau poob thaum sib ntaus sib tua ntawm Sab Hnub Poob Desert hauv Mersa Matruh thaum Lub Kaum Hli 31, 1940. (AP Duab)
Bren Carrier cov tub rog tiv thaiv cov neeg ua haujlwm tau ua haujlwm nrog pab tub rog Australian nyob hauv North Africa thaum Lub Ib Hlis 7, 1941. (AP Duab)
Cov neeg ua haujlwm tank hauv tebchaws Askiv luag ntawm comics hauv ntawv xov xwm Italis hauv thaj chaw ua tsov rog hauv North Africa thaum Lub Ib Hlis 28, 1941. Ib ntawm lawv yog tuav tus menyuam dev pom thaum ntes Sidi Barrani, yog ib tus thawj Italians ruaj khov los tuav lub sijhawm thaum Tsov Rog Qaum Teb Asmeskas. (AP Duab)
Ib lub nkoj ya Italian, tawm tsam los ntawm RAF cov neeg tua hluav taws, hlawv tawm ntawm ntug dej hiav txwv ntawm Tripoli. Lub cev ntawm tus kws tsav dav hlau Italian ntab hauv dej ze ntawm lub tis sab laug. (AP Duab)
Cov peev txheej Askiv hais tias daim duab no qhia cov tub rog Italis raug tua los ntawm Askiv rab phom loj sab qab teb hnub poob ntawm Ghazala thaum ib ntawm Libyan kev sib ntaus sib tua thaum Lub Ib Hlis 1942. (AP Duab)
Ib tus neeg Italians raug kaw hauv kev ua rog raug ntes hauv Libya thiab xa mus rau London, hauv lub hau ntawm Afrika Korps, Lub Ib Hlis 2, 1942. (AP Duab)
Italian txoj haujlwm nyob ze Tobruk, Libya, Lub Ib Hlis 6, 1942. (AP Duab)
British Bristol Blenheim cov foob pob tau pib tua hauv Cyrenaica, Libya, tiv thaiv los ntawm cov neeg tua rog thaum Lub Ob Hlis 26, 1942. (AP Duab)
Cov neeg saib xyuas tebchaws Askiv saib xyuas cov yeeb ncuab txav chaw nyob rau Sab Hnub Poob Qab Teb ze ntawm Iyiv-Libyan ciam teb hauv Egypt, Lub Ob Hlis 1942. (AP Duab)
Tus mascot ntawm Royal Air Force pab tub rog nyob hauv Libya, tus liab ntses bass thaj tsam, ua si nrog tus tsav dav hlau Tomahawk lub dav hlau dav hlau hauv Sab Hnub Poob Desert, Lub Ob Hlis 15, 1942. (AP Duab)
Lub dav hlau ya no tau ua haujlwm nrog pab cawm ntawm Royal Air Force ntawm Great Britain hauv Middle East. Nws tau saib xyuas cov pas dej hauv Nile Delta thiab muab kev pab rau cov kws tsav dav hlau uas tau yuam kom tsaws hauv dej. Daim duab tau yees thaum Lub Peb Hlis 11, 1942. (AP Duab)
Ib tus tub rog Askiv, raug mob thaum sib ntaus sib tua hauv Libya, nyob ntawm ib lub tsev hauv tsev pheeb suab tsev pheeb suab ntaub, Lub Rau Hli 18, 1942. (AP Duab / Weston Haynes)
Tus Thawj Kav Tebchaws Askiv General Bernard Montgomery, tus thawj coj ntawm pab tub rog Askiv thib 8, saib kev sib ntaus sib tua hauv Western Desert los ntawm rab phom ntawm M3 Grant tank, Egypt, 1942. (AP Duab)
Cov phom tiv thaiv lub tank ntawm lub log muaj kev txav mus los tau nrawm thiab tuaj yeem txav mus los ntawm cov suab puam sai sai, ua rau muaj kev cuam tshuam tsis zoo rau tus yeeb ncuab. Hauv daim duab: rab phom tiv thaiv lub xov tooj ntawm pab tub rog thib 8 tua nyob rau hauv cov suab puam hauv Libya, Lub Xya Hli 26, 1942. (AP Duab)
Qhov kev txhaj tshuaj tua cua ntawm Axis airbase Martuba, ze rau Derna, Libya, tau raug coj los ntawm South Africa raug tua thaum Lub Xya Hli 6, 1942. Plaub khub ntawm kab txaij dawb nyob hauv qab yog plua plav raug ncaws tawm los ntawm Hitlerite cov koom haum sib koom ua ke kom khiav tawm qhov kev foob pob. (AP Duab)
Thaum nws nyob hauv Middle East, Tus Thawj Kav Tebchaws Askiv Winston Churchill tau mus xyuas El Alamein, qhov uas nws tau ntsib nrog cov tub rog thiab cov thawj coj sib faib thiab tshuaj xyuas cov neeg ua haujlwm ntawm Australian thiab South American cov tub rog tsim nyob rau sab hnub poob Suab puam thaum Lub Yim Hli 19, 1942. (AP Duab)
Lub dav hlau Royal Air Force ya ntawm qhov siab qis nrog New Zealand tsheb ntawm lawv txoj kev mus rau Egypt thaum Lub Yim Hli 3, 1942. (AP Duab)
Cov tub rog Askiv tau saib xyuas Western Desert hauv Egypt hauv American M3 Stuart tank, Cuaj hlis 1942. (AP Duab)
Ib tus tub ceev xwm saib xyuas cov neeg ua haujlwm raug mob German pom hauv suab puam hauv tebchaws Iziv thaum lub sijhawm ntxov ntawm kev tawm tsam Askiv, Kaum Ib Hlis 13, 1942. (AP Duab)
Qee tus ntawm 97 tus neeg German raug kaw hauv kev ua tsov rog raug ntes los ntawm pab tub rog Askiv thaum tawm tsam Tel El Eisa hauv tebchaws Egypt thaum lub Cuaj Hlis 1, 1942. (AP Duab)
Ib pawg neeg koom nrog, nrog lub dav hlau thiab nkoj, caij nkoj mus rau Fab Kis North Africa ze Casablanca hauv Fab Kis Morocco thaum Ua Haujlwm Teeb, qhov tseem ceeb Askiv-Asmeskas kev txeeb chaw ntawm North Africa, Kaum Ib Hlis 1942. (AP Duab)
Cov neeg Asmeskas tsaws nkoj lub taub hau rau Fedala ntug dej hiav txwv hauv Fab Kis Morocco thaum lub sijhawm tsaws thaum lub Kaum Ib Hlis 1942. Fedala nyob 25 km sab qaum teb ntawm Casablanca, Fab Kis Morocco. (AP Duab)
Kev tawm tsam Hitler pab pawg sib koom ua rog nyob ze Casablanca hauv Fab Kis Morocco thiab ua raws cov kab ke uas tshuav los ntawm chav ua haujlwm yav dhau los, Kaum Ib Hlis 1942. (AP Duab)
Cov tub rog Asmeskas nrog bayonets pab cov neeg sawv cev ntawm Italian-German Armistice Commission hauv Morocco mus rau lub rooj sib tham rau lawv tawm mus hauv Fedala sab qaum teb ntawm Casablanca, Kaum Ib Hlis 18, 1942. Cov tswvcuab ntawm pawg haujlwm tau npaj txhij txog kev tawm tsam los ntawm Asmeskas cov tub rog. (AP Duab)
Cov tub rog Fab Kis mus rau pem hauv ntej hauv Tunisia tuav tes nrog Asmeskas cov tub rog ntawm chaw nres tsheb ciav hlau hauv Oran, Algeria, North Africa, Kaum Ob Hlis 2. (AP Duab)
Cov tub rog Asmeskas Cov Tub Rog (hauv lub jeep thiab rab phom submachine) tiv thaiv lub nkoj poob. S. Partos , uas tau raug puas tsuaj thaum Allied rog tsaws hauv North African chaw nres nkoj, 1942. (AP Duab)
Ib tus tub rog German tau sim nkaum hauv qhov chaw foob pob thaum muaj kev tawm tsam los ntawm cov neeg tawm tsam Hitler pab pawg hauv Libyan suab puam, tab sis tsis ua tiav, thaum Lub Kaum Ob Hlis 1, 1942. (AP Duab)
Ib tus tub rog Asmeskas dhia dej dhia tawm ntawm txoj kev ze Safi, Fab Kis Morocco, Kaum Ob Hlis 11, 1942. (AP Duab)
B-17 Flying Fortress cov foob pob tso cov foob pob tawg rau ntawm qhov chaw tseem ceeb ntawm El Aouina tshav dav hlau hauv Tunis, Tunisia thaum Lub Ob Hlis 14, 1943. (AP Duab)
Ib tus tub rog Asmeskas siv rab phom submachine ceev faj mus rau lub tank German kom nres cov neeg ua haujlwm sim khiav tawm, tom qab sib ntaus sib tua nrog Asmeskas thiab Askiv cov tub rog tiv thaiv lub tank hauv nroog Medjez al Bab, Tunisia, Lub Ib Hlis 12, 1943. (AP Duab)
Cov neeg raug kaw hauv German ntawm kev ua tsov rog raug ntes thaum muaj kev tawm tsam los ntawm kev tawm tsam Hitler pab pawg ntawm German-Italian txoj haujlwm hauv nroog Sened, Tunisia, Lub Ob Hlis 27, 1943. Ib tug tub rog tsis muaj lub hau tsuas yog 20 xyoo. (AP Duab)
Ob txhiab tus neeg Italian raug kaw hauv kev ua tsov rog taug qab Bren Carrier cov tub rog tiv thaiv cov tub rog hla lub suab puam hauv Tunis, Lub Peb Hlis 1943. Cov tub rog Italis raug ntes nyob ze El Hamma thaum lawv cov phoojywg German khiav hauv nroog. (AP Duab)
Cov dav hlau tiv thaiv hluav taws ua ib daim npog tiv thaiv Algeria hauv North Africa thaum lub Plaub Hlis 13, 1943. Cov phom loj tau yees duab thaum tiv thaiv Algeria tiv thaiv Nazi kev ya dav hlau. (AP Duab)
Cov neeg tua phom tshuab Italian zaum ze ntawm rab phom phom ntawm cov ntoo cactus hauv Tunisia, Lub Peb Hlis 31, 1943. (AP Duab)
General Dwight D. Eisenhower (sab xis), tus thawj coj ntawm Allied rog hauv North Africa, hais lus lom zem rau cov tub rog Asmeskas thaum tshawb fawb txog ntawm kev sib ntaus hauv Tunisia, Lub Peb Hlis 18, 1943. (AP Duab)
Ib tus tub rog German tau raug tua tuag nrog lub dav hlau tso rau ntawm lub cug nyob hauv nroog Tunis, Tunisia, thaum lub Tsib Hlis 17, 1943. (AP Duab)
Cov neeg Tunisians zoo siab tos txais cov tub rog uas tau tso lub nroog. Hauv daim duab: tus neeg nyob hauv Tunisia puag tus neeg tsav nkoj Askiv, Tsib Hlis 19, 1943. (AP Duab)
Tom qab kev tswj hwm ntawm lub tebchaws Axis hauv Tunisia thaum lub Tsib Hlis 1943, Cov Tub Rog tau ntes ntau dua 275,000 tus tub rog. Daim duab, coj los ntawm lub dav hlau thaum Lub Rau Hli 11, 1943, qhia ntau txhiab tus tub rog German thiab Italis. (AP Duab)
Kev ua yeeb yam yeeb yam Martha Rae lom zem rau cov tswv cuab ntawm US 12th Air Force nyob sab nrauv ntawm Sahara Desert hauv North Africa, 1943. (AP Duab)
Tom qab yeej lub tebchaws Axis hauv North Africa, pawg tub rog tau pib npaj rau kev tawm tsam Ltalis los ntawm thaj av ntawm cov xeev uas tau tso tawm. Duab: Ib lub dav hlau thauj neeg Asmeskas ya hla cov pyramids hauv Giza ze Cairo, Egypt, 1943. (AP Duab / Asmeskas Tub Rog)