First units of Afrika Korps arrives in Africa
Posted: Tue Feb 22, 2011 2:48 am
On Feb.12th 1941 Erwin Rommel arrives in Tripoli North Africa, it takes this Master of Tank Warfare less than two days to develop a strategy to command the situation the Italians had created through arrogant blunders. On the 14th Feb.1941 the first units of the Afrika Korps arrives and is deployed the instant their equipment is unloaded,the Panzers are fuelled and ready for combat in the first 24hrs.
This would ultimately be a battle of resources and fuel, which all modern armies move on fuel and supply lines. The Afrika Korps won every battle and lost every battle by their supply lines,in the end they were defeated by this simple yet very powerful issue. Another failure of the Italian War machine,their claim that the Mediterranean was an Italian pond was proven false by the Royal Navy and the main reason the Germans failed. As much equipment rest on the bottom of the Mediterranean as was ever delivered to the Afrika Korps.
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This would ultimately be a battle of resources and fuel, which all modern armies move on fuel and supply lines. The Afrika Korps won every battle and lost every battle by their supply lines,in the end they were defeated by this simple yet very powerful issue. Another failure of the Italian War machine,their claim that the Mediterranean was an Italian pond was proven false by the Royal Navy and the main reason the Germans failed. As much equipment rest on the bottom of the Mediterranean as was ever delivered to the Afrika Korps.
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