North Africa
Reasons for fighting: Access to the Suez Canal, and Oil in the Middle east.
Bernard Montgomery was a British general, and his "Desert Rats", fought against Rommel with the German "Afrika Korps".
The British goal was to keep the Germans from reaching the oil at the Suez Canal.
In Al Elamein, the Allies defeat the Germans and force them back into Italy. It was an empowering example for the allies that the best German troops could be beaten.
Bernard Montgomery was a British general, and his "Desert Rats", fought against Rommel with the German "Afrika Korps".
The British goal was to keep the Germans from reaching the oil at the Suez Canal.
In Al Elamein, the Allies defeat the Germans and force them back into Italy. It was an empowering example for the allies that the best German troops could be beaten.
Subjunctive Question: What if the use of tanks in the Battle of North Africa was not so prominent? How would that have changed its outcome?
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"Every soldier must know, before he goes into battle, how the little battle he is to fight fits into the larger picture, and how the success of his fighting will influence the battle as a whole."
Bernard Law Montgomery |