North African Campaign Timeline

1943

23 January: Tripoli captured by British Eighth Army
30 January: Axis forces capture Faïd pass in central Tunisia
4 February: Axis forces in Libya retreat to Tunisian border south of the Mareth Line
14 February: Axis advance from Faïd to launch Battle of Sidi Bou Zid and enter Sbeitla two days later
19 February: Battle of Kasserine Pass launched by Axis forces
6 March: Axis launch Operation Capri against Eighth Army at Medenine but lose 55 tanks
16 March: Battle of Mareth begins
19 March: Eighth Army launches Operation Pugilist
23 March: U.S. II Corps emerge from Kasserine to match the Axis at Battle of El Guettar. Battle of Mareth ends.
26 March: Eighth Army launch Operation Supercharge II outflanking and making the Axis position at Mareth untenable. Battle of Tebaga Gap takes place.
6 April: Right wing of First Army links with Eighth Army. Battle of Wadi Akarit takes place.
22 April: Allied forces launch Operation Vulcan
6 May: Allied forces launch Operation Strike
7 May: British enter Tunis, Americans enter Bizerte
13 May: Axis Powers surrender in Tunisia.