WWII - Military operations in Africa

Enter the code names of the major operations during the Second World War in Africa.

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Date	Theater	Answer	Attacker	Defender	Outcome	Info
06/1940 - 11/1941	E Africa	Canvas	UK, Belgium, Australia, Free France, Free Ethiopia, South Africa	Italy	Allied Victory	Fall of Africa Orientale Italiana
12/1940-02/1941	N Africa	Compass	UK, Australia, Free France	Italy	Allied Victory	Recapture of western Egypt and capture of Cyrenaica
02/1941	N Africa	Sonnenblume	Germany, Italy	UK, India, Australia	Axis Victory	Cyrenaica re-captured by Axis, Tobruk besieged.
06/1941	N Africa	Battleaxe	UK	Germany, Italy	Axis Victory	Failure to seize Eastern Cyrenaica and failure to lift the Siege of Tobruk.
11/1941-12/1941	N Africa	Crusader	UK, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Czechoslovakia, Poland	Germany, Italy	Allied Victory	Egypt and the Suez Canal secured. Frist ground victory of the UK versus Germany.
03/1942	N Africa	Capri	Germany, Italy	UK, New Zealand, Free France	Allied Victory	Last battle commanded by Rommel in N Africa.
05/1942	S Africa	Ironclad	UK	Vichy France	Allied Victory	Establishment of Free French Administration in Madagascar.
11/1942	N Africa	Torch	USA, UK, Free France	Vichy France, Germany	Allied Victory	Anglo-American occupation of Morocco and Algeria.
11/1942	N Africa	Reservist	UK, USA	Vichy France	Axis Victory	Fail to capture Oran.
10/1942-11/1942	N Africa	Lightfoot	UK, New Zealand, Australia, South Africa, Free France, Free Greece	Germany, Italy	Allied Victory	First main phase the 2nd Battle of El Alamein.
11/1943	N Africa	Supercharge	UK, New Zealand, Australia, South Africa, Free France, Free Greece	Germany, Italy	Allied Victory	Second stage attack the the 2nd Battle of El Alamein.
02/1943-03/1943	N Africa	Ochsenkopf	Germany, Italy	UK, Free France	Allied Victory	Last big offensive in N Africa by the Axis.
05/1943	N Africa	Vulcan	USA, UK	Germany, Italy	Allied Victory	Axis powers surrender in N Africa.