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| 1941 July |
| | | Britain's Special Air Service (SAS) is formed for unorthodox guerrilla operations in the north African desert | |
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| 1941 December 19 |
| | | Italian frogmen enter the harbour at Alexandria and cripple two British battleships | |
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| 1942 |
| | | Algerian nationalist Ferhat Abbas produces a manifesto demanding independence from France | |
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| 1942 |
| | | Churchill gives Harold Macmillan an unusual job, negotiating on behalf of the British government in north Africa and reporting directly to Churchill | |
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| 1942 June 21 |
| | | German general Erwin Rommel captures Tobruk, along with 33,000 British soldiers and valuable supplies | |
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| 1942 July 4 |
| | | Auchinleck finally stops Rommel's advance, in the first battle of El Alamein | |
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| 1942 August |
| | | US general Dwight Eisenhower is appointed to command Allied landings in north Africa | |
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| 1942 August 13 |
| | | Bernard Montgomery is appointed commander of the demoralized British and Commonwealth Eighth Army in North Africa | |
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| 1942 August 30 |
| | | Rommel's new thrust towards Alexandria is halted by the British at Alam al-Halfa, a ridge near El Alamein | |
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| 1942 October 23 |
| | | Montgomery launches the second battle of El Alamein against Rommel | |
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