CHARACTERISTICS

1. The Split between the Allies and Axis Powers

2. Battle of North Africa occurred when United States forces arrived on the west african coast and journeyed throughout Morocco as they fought axis forces in Africa traveling northward

3. Operation Husky was a plan of an allied invasion of Italy during 1943 that resulted in Mussolini surrendering even as German troops arrived

4. More than 30 different countries involved

5. The Battle of North Africa, between the years 1942 and 1943 was when the Americans invaded Morocco, Algeria, and Egypt