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Analyze why North Africa was a key location for the British to defend.(1 point)
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The Allies needed to protect the Cape of Good Hope from invasion.
The Allies needed to protect the Cape of Good Hope from invasion.

The Axis powers wanted to gain control of oil fields in Iraq.
The Axis powers wanted to gain control of oil fields in Iraq.

The Allies needed to maintain shipping lanes through Egypt.
The Allies needed to maintain shipping lanes through Egypt.

The Allies wanted to protect the cotton production in North Africa.

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
The Allies needed to maintain shipping lanes through Egypt.

Controlling North Africa (and the Suez Canal) protected vital sea routes to Britain’s empire and supply lines to the Middle East and Asia, making it strategically essential to defend.