The North African campaign of World War II, sometimes called the "Desert War", includes the campaigns in Egypt and Libya (often referred to as the Western Desert campaign or the "Egypt–Libya Campaign") and those campaigns in Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia (usually referred to as the Tunisian campaign. This is not a comprehensive list of all engagements and generally does not cover isolated skirmishes of units smaller than a company in size.
This is part of the more comprehensive list of World War II battles.
- Operation Sunflower
- March 21–23: Battle of the Oasis
- March 24: First Battle of El Agheila
- April 6–8: Second Battle of Mechili
- April 10 – November 27: Siege of Tobruk
- April 12: Second Battle of Bardia[3]
- April 12: First Battle of Sollum[3]
- April 12: Fourth Battle of Fort Capuzzo[3]
- April 30: First Battle of Halfaya Pass[3]
- Operation Brevity
- May 15: Second Battle of Halfaya Pass
- May 15–16: Fifth Battle of Fort Capuzzo[4]
- Operation Skorpion
- May 27: Third Battle of Halfaya Pass[5][6]
- Operation Battleaxe
- June 15–17: Fourth Battle of Halfaya Pass[3]
- June 15: Battle for Point 206
- June 15–16: Battle for Hafid Ridge[3]
- June 15–16: Sixth Battle of Fort Capuzzo
- June 16: Battle of Sidi Omar
- June 17: Battle of Sidi Suleiman
- Operation Crusader
- November 19: First Action at Bir el Gubi
- November 19 - December 1: Battle of Sidi Rezegh
- November 21 – December 7: Second Battle of Tobruk
- November 21: Battle of Bir el Haiad
- November 22: Battle of Bir Ghirba
- November 22: Second Battle of Sidi Omar
- November 27: Battle of Bir el Chleta
- November 29 - December 4: Battle of Ed Dedu
- November 29 - December 1: Battle of Belhamed
- December 1: Battle of Zaafran
- December 2: Battle of Belhamed Road
- December 3–7: Second Action at Bir el Gubi
- December 11–27: First Battle of Cyrenaica Line[3]
- December 13: Battle of Alem Hamza
- December 13–14: Battle of Point 204
- December 23: Battle of Antelat[3]
- December 23: Second Battle of Beda Fomm[3]
- Operation Crusader continued
- Operation Theseus
- Operation Aida
- June 26–28: Battle of Mersa Matruh
- June 28: Battle of Fuka
- June 30: Battle of the El Alamein Box
- July 1-27: First Battle of El Alamein
- July 1–2: First Battle of the Coast Road
- July 1: Battle of Deir el Shein
- July 2: First Battle of Ruweisat Ridge
- July 3–5: Battle of the Qattara box (Also known as Battle of the Kaponga box)
- July 10: First Battle of Tel el Eisa
- July 14: Second Battle of Ruweisat Ridge
- July 14: Second Battle of Tel el Eisa
- July 22: Third Battle of Ruweisat Ridge
- July 27: Third Battle of Tel el Eisa
- July 27: Battle of Miteiriya Ridge
- August 30 – September 2: Battle of Alam el Halfa[7]
- September 2: Battle of Himeimat[7]
- Second Battle of El Alamein[9]
- October 23–28: Operation Lightfoot
- October 23–25: Battle of the Oxalic Line
- October 23: Fourth Battle of Ruweisat Ridge
- October 24–26: Battle of Kidney Ridge
- October 25: Fourth Battle of Tell el Eisa
- October 25–26: Battle of Point 29
- October 26–28: The German Counter Attack
- November 1–2: Operation Supercharge
- November 2: Battle of Tell el Aqqaqir
- November 2–4: Battle of Sidi Abdel Rahman
- November 2: Battle of Himeimat[7]
- Operation Torch[2]
- Operation Supercharge continued
- Tunisia campaign
- November 24: First Battle of Medjez
- November 24: First Battle of Djedeida Airfield
- November 26: Battle of Djebel Abiod
- November 27: Second Battle of Medjez
- November 28: Second Battle of Djedeida Airfield
- December 1: First Battle of Tebourba
- December 2–3: First Battle of Faid Pass
- December 16–17: Battle of Maknassy
- December 22–23: First Battle of Longstop Hill
- December 22–25: Second Battle of Tebourba