Ka kammala wannan jumla: A watan Agusta 1942, Allies sun yi nasarar kawar da hari na biyu a kan El Alamein kuma, a babban farashi, sun sami damar isar da kayayyaki da ake buƙata sosai ga Malta da aka kewaye. Bayan 'yan watanni bayan haka, Allies sun fara kai hare-haren kansu a Misira, suna kawar da sojojin Axis kuma suna fara tafiya zuwa yammacin Libya. Wannan harin ya biyo bayan nan da nan bayan da
Jirgin saman Anglo-American a Arewacin Afirka na Faransa, wanda ya haifar da yankin ya shiga Allies. Hitler ya mayar da martani ga ƙauracewar mulkin mallaka na Faransa ta hanyar ba da umarnin mamaye Faransa ta Vichy; kodayake sojojin Vichy ba su yi tsayayya da wannan keta yarjejeniyar ba, amma sun yi nasarar nutsar da rundunarsu don hana sojojin Jamus kama ta. Sojojin Axis a Afirka sun janye zuwa Tunisia, wanda Allies suka ci nasara a watan Mayu 1943.