African Theatres of World War II

Mediterranean and Middle East Theatre

Part of the Second World War

A map showing the territories held by Allied (green), Axis (orange), and neutral (grey) powers at the outbreak of hostilities in the Mediterranean

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 (1941–45)
Kingdom of Bulgaria (1941–44) ...and others

Vichy France (1940 – 1942)

Commanders and leaders

Archibald Wavell
Claude Auchinleck
Harold Alexander
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Mark Wayne Clark
Fyodor Tolbukhin
Vladimir Zhdanov
Josip Broz Tito
Alexander Papagos
Mascarenhas de Moraes
Jean de Lattre de Tassigny

Władysław Anders

Albert Kesselring
Benito Mussolini
Rodolfo Graziani
Pietro Badoglio
Ugo Cavallero †

François Darlan

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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