![]() ![]() In late May, Rommel again attacked and gained the advantage, pushing the British back near Alamein and retaking Tobruk. The two-month battle had already cost 38,000 German and Italian lives, and 18,000 British lives. Rommel counterattacked on January 21, 1942, and quickly took Benghazi and much of the territory he’d lost, but the advance stalled, and an uneasy lull prevailed until May. It took three weeks, but the British forced Rommel to withdraw to El Agheila, the place where he had started his advance eight months before. ![]() On November 18, 1941, General Claude Auchinleck (commander of the British army in North Africa) launched Operation Crusader in an effort to succeed where his predecessor had failed in dislodging Rommel from Tobruk and, ultimately, Libya. Jews in Nazi-Occupied North Africa| World War II| Dwight EisenhowerĪt the end of 1941, Hitler had transferred forces from the eastern front to reinforce Erwin Rommel’s troops in Africa. ![]()
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