African Theatre of World War II

Mediterranean and Middle East Theatre

Part of the Second World War

A map showing the territories of, and held by, Allied (green) and Axis (orange) forces at the outbreak of hostilities in the Mediterranean. (Neutral countries are in grey)

Date	10 June 1940 – 2 May 1945 (4 years, 10 months, 3 weeks and 1 day)
Location	Southern Europe, the Middle East, the Horn of Africa, North Africa 35°N 18°E / 35°N 18°E / 35; 18Coordinates: 35°N 18°E / 35°N 18°E / 35; 18
Result	Allied victory
Territorial changes	Fall of the Italian Empire

Belligerents

Allies:
United Kingdom
Soviet Union (1941–45)
United States (1942–45)
India
Free France
Poland
Australia
Canada
Greece (1940–45)
Yugoslavia (1941–43)
Yugoslavia (1943–45)
New Zealand
Union of South Africa
Brazil(1942–45)
Italy (1943–45)

Axis Powers:
Germany
Italy (1940–43)
Italian Social Republic (1943–45)
Independent State of Croatia
...and others

Vichy France (1940 – 1942)

Commanders and leaders

Archibald Wavell
Claude Auchinleck
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Harold Alexander
Fyodor Tolbukhin
Vladimir Zhdanov
Josip Broz Tito

Albert Kesselring
Benito Mussolini
Rodolfo Graziani
Pietro Badoglio

Ugo Cavallero †

Allies:
United Kingdom
Soviet Union (1941–45)
United States (1942–45)
India
Free France
Poland
Australia
Canada
Greece (1940–45)
Yugoslavia (1941–43)
Yugoslavia (1943–45)
New Zealand
Union of South Africa
Brazil(1942–45)
Italy (1943–45)

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