Despite their distance from European centers, the Jews of North Africa were forcefully displaced to detention and labor camps ...

A soldier who went missing in action during an aquatic mission in World War II has been accounted for, military officials ...

This video highlights the combined efforts of U.S., French, and British forces on May 7, 1943 to toppled Bizerte, a final stronghold of the Axis powers in Africa. Many German prisoners were taken.

Follow the three years of battles in the North African desert, and see how Axis and Allied forces chased each other across this hostile terrain.

Islam arrived in North Africa (the Maghreb) just seven years after the death of the Prophet Mohammed in 639. The 4,000 strong Arab invading forces came from Mecca under the leadership of the ...

As a United Press correspondent, Cronkite covered the landings in North Africa and Sicily, the Allied invasion of Normandy and the subsequent battles across France and Germany. He was also a ...

Montgomery, commonly referred to as "Monty," initially earned distinction during World War II due to ... heels of his North Africa success, Montgomery took part in the Allied invasion of Sicily ...