November 1942 – January 1943
British Advance through Libya
General Montgomery and the British Eighth Army continued to press the offensive in the final months of 1942, driving Axis forces back through Libya. By the end of the month the Germans and Italians were critically short of supplies, especially fuel, and Rommel had become convinced that his situation was hopeless. However, Hitler informed him that his troops would not be evacuated, and that they were to fight to the last man. Rommel therefore decided that the best option was to withdraw into Tunisia, where his troops could meet up with those resisting the British and Americans coming from the west. By late January all Libya was in Allied hands, but the Anglo-American forces were about to face a far sterner challenge in Tunisia.

History:
Egypt-Libya

Campaign Map:
Pursuit to Tunisia, November 1942 – February 1943

Photographs:
Enemy air equipment and installations took a heavy pounding from bombers of the United States Army Air Forces as they pursued Marshal Erwin Rommel's retreating Afrika Korps through Libya and Tripoli to the Tunisian coast
Operations in North Africa by Allied air forces
Signposts printed in German and Italian point to former Axis offices at a street corner