Kill Field Marshal Rommel: The Raid That Would Change the Course of the War May 28, 2026 By late 1941, Rommel’s amazing skills in conducting mechanized warfare in the North African desert had driven the British out of Libya, where they…
Operation “Sunflower”: Glory in Africa December 12, 2024 The capitulation of France, however, also led Mussolini to the ranks of the victors. Trapped in the veils of his vanity, Mussolini, after the…
Erwin Rommel in Caporetto: The birth of a legend December 5, 2024 Using his mountain hunters in the way he would later use his Panzers, Rommel won the highest honor of Imperial Germany. Rommel, after extensive…
1943 – The end of the Afrika Korps and Hitler’s dream of encircling India from the west October 26, 2023 Since 1940, the war in North Africa has strongly resembled a tidal wave, with the two opposing armies repelling each other now towards Egypt…
June 21, 1942: Rommel captures Tobruk June 22, 2023 The small coastal city of Tobruk in eastern Libya gained great strategic importance during the battle for the desert in World War II. Originally…
Battle of Gazala: Afrika Korps’ finest moment June 1, 2023 On the North African front, Rommel tests the endurance of the British 8th Army at the Gazala Pass, with the port of Tobruk as…