![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() This picture shows Rommel instructing a combat unit during the battle from his command truck named “Greif”, made from a modified from Sd.Kfz.250.( BA) ![]() The Deutsches Afrika Korps defeated the British Eighth Army using fast-moving armoured attacks, captured Tobruk (a key target the Germans had eyed and besieged for a long time) and forced the British to retreat to the Egypt-Libya border. Rommel was at the peak of his career during the Battle of Gazala on June 1942. With years of experience under their belts, they were veterans of desert warfare. At the time, there were 2 Panzer strike forces in Panzerarmee Afrika - the 15th Panzer Division and 21st Panzer Division. Rommel was able to stockpile resources that he needed for a summer offensive. Continuous air raids on British positions in Malta by Luftflotte 2 of the Luftwaffe kept the sea lanes clear. The Port of Benghazi was now fully operational, so supply lines were greatly shortened. Let us now take a look into this battle!Įarly 1942, Panzerarmee Afrika withdrew from Cyrenaica in North African Winter Campaign, withdrawing to Gazala where the Germans could stop to recover from the losses suffered in previous bat tles. At Gazala, the Germans defeated a British counterattack by the Eighth Army, inflicting severe losses on them at little cost to themselves.Ĭompared to 1941, the logistics situation had improved greatly. From then on, the Germans no longer experienced complete and rapid victory against the Allies in North Africa. 75 years ago, German general Erwin Rommel and the Afrika Korps fought in the battle of El Alamein, which marked the beginning of a period of misfortune. ![]()
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