![]() ![]() And Hitler anticipated adding Egypt to his empire.īut the Allies were not finished. Naturally, Benito Mussolini saw this as his opportunity to partake of the victors’ spoils. The Italian troops that had preceded Rommel’s German forces in North Africa, only to be beaten back by the British, then saved from complete defeat by the arrival of Rommel, were now back on the winning side, their dwindled numbers having fought alongside the Afrika Korps. ![]() Rommel’s Afrika Korps was now in Egypt, in El Alamein, only 60 miles west of the British naval base in Alexandria. In fact, Rommel managed to push the British into Egypt using mostly captured vehicles. ![]() But Rommel repelled repeated air and tank attacks, delivering heavy losses to the armored strength of the British, and finally, using his panzer divisions, managed to force a British retreat-a retreat so rapid that a huge quantity of supplies was left behind. In June, the British had succeeded in driving Rommel into a defensive position in Libya. On July 1, 1942, Field Marshal Erwin Rommel is brought to a standstill in the battle for control of North Africa. ![]()
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