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Originally Posted by Francis Morin
-Rommel depended on shipments of crucial supplies, including parts and ammo for his Afrika Corps- the Germans in their alliance with the Italians thought, with their code intact, they owned the shipping lanes from Italy to the North coast of Africa- once the Allies had the code key, they knew the details of every shipment to Rommel, and many ships went down in the Med Sea with his much needed supply chain broken- It did Rommel little good to capture Tobruck intact- except for food and medicine- as the Brits and the American tanks ran on gasoline, the Panzer Tanks on diesel fuel-- Montgomery was no match for the wily Rommel- Die Wiestul Fuchs-- it took someone like George Patton to defeat Rommel, and that might not have happened without the code breakers "lucky break". I can only wonder how the European theatre might have turned out if Patton had not slapped the coward in the field hospital in Sicily!!  |
Hi Francis.
Yes i think your right monty was not a match for Rommel he was to cautious
and did not push as Patton did but the 8th army desert rats were and got the
job done I have a feeling that if Patton and his tanks had gone up that road
to Arnhem our 6th airbourne boys would of taken that bridge.
Monty was good at the set peace battle but he would not take a chance as
Patton would.
All the best Dave.