World War II India; Fighting in the Middle East ended with the British victory at El Alamein and the Anglo-American Torch landings. The final battle were fought in Tunisia. This was important because the inexperienced American Army gained invaluable experience in a theater that the Germans were relatively wear and unable to score any decisive blows. read more
The Middle East Theatre of World War II is defined largely by reference to the British Middle East Command, which controlled Allied forces in both Southwest Asia and eastern North Africa. From 1943, most of the action and forces concerned were in the adjoining Mediterranean Theatre. read more
Al-Husseini is particularly nasty figure in the history of this, including apparent complicity in the holocaust, but general Arab sentiment, as elsewhere in the middle east, was certainly more motivated by anti-Colonialism than by genocide. read more