Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A watan Agusta 1942, Allies sun yi nasara wajen kawar da hari na biyu a kan El Alamein kuma, a babban farashi, sun sami damar isar da kayayyaki da ake buƙata 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 baya ba da daɗewa ba bayan saukar da Anglo-American a Faransa ta Arewacin Afirka
, wanda ya haifar da yankin 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.