North Africa Campaign

Intro

Intro

Июнь 1940

Sea Communications

600 миль

~12 800 миль5-6 недель

Geography

Geography

It was only in the desert, that the principles of armored warfare as they were taught in theory before the war could be fully applied and fully developed

- E. Rommel

Desert was the tactician’s paradise and quartermaster’s nightmare

J. von Ravenstein

Political Situation

Italian Advance

Italian Division1st Libyan Division "Sibelle“• 1st Libyan Infantry Regiment• 2nd Libyan Infantry Regiment• 1st Libyan Artillery Battalion• 2nd Libyan Artillery Battalion• Anti Tank Company• 1st Libyan Engineer Battalion

~7200 чел.

Raggruppamento Maletti

Operation «Compass»

28 October

3 JanuarySibelle

Pescatori

Marm

arica

Cirene

Catanzaro

Advance of XIII Corps

Beda Fomm Ambush

To Be Continued