▁of ▁Al ger ia , ▁prompt ed ▁the ▁building ▁of ▁the ▁United ▁States ▁Navy , ▁including ▁one ▁of ▁America ' s ▁most ▁famous ▁ships , ▁the ▁USS ▁Philadelphia , ▁leading ▁to ▁a ▁series ▁of ▁wars ▁along ▁the ▁North ▁African ▁coast , ▁starting ▁in ▁ 1 8 0 1 . ▁It ▁was ▁not ▁until ▁ 1 8 1 5 ▁that ▁naval ▁vict ories ▁ended ▁t ribute ▁pay ments ▁by ▁the ▁U . S ., ▁although ▁some ▁European ▁nations ▁continued ▁annual ▁pay ments ▁until ▁the ▁ 1 8 3 0 s . ▁The ▁United ▁States ▁Marine ▁Corps ' ▁actions ▁in ▁these ▁wars ▁led ▁to ▁the ▁line , ▁" to ▁the ▁sh ores ▁of ▁Tri pol i " ▁in ▁the ▁opening ▁of ▁the ▁Marine ▁H ymn . ▁ ▁The ▁arrival ▁of ▁modern ▁colonial ism , ▁World ▁War ▁I ▁and ▁World ▁War ▁II ▁brought ▁arm ies ▁from ▁af ar ▁to ▁fight ▁in ▁North ▁Africa , ▁often ▁against ▁each ▁other ▁and ▁not ▁always ▁against ▁the ▁native ▁inhabitants . ▁Batt les ▁such ▁as ▁the ▁Tun is ia ▁Camp aign ▁eventually ▁yield ed ▁the ▁first ▁battle field ▁vict ories ▁of ▁the ▁Al lies ▁of ▁World ▁War ▁II ▁against ▁the ▁A xis ▁powers ▁of ▁World ▁War ▁II . ▁These ▁batt les ▁were ▁fought ▁and ▁won ▁by ▁the ▁Al lies ▁in ▁North ▁Africa ▁such ▁as ▁at ▁the ▁Battle ▁of ▁El ▁Al ame in ▁in ▁ 1 9 4 2 , ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁most ▁significant ▁and ▁p iv otal ▁batt les ▁of ▁that ▁war , ▁during ▁the ▁North ▁African ▁campaign . ▁At