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British Pathe newsreels
04-30-2014, 02:35 AM, (This post was last modified: 04-30-2014, 02:39 AM by Crossroads.)
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Off Topic  British Pathe newsreels
British Pathe has released all their newsreels to YouTube.

For an example, a YouTube search for

"British Pathe El Alamein" : LINK

Newsreel: 'Rommel On The Run'
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04-30-2014, 11:04 AM,
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RE: British Pathe newsreels
The Germans should have blocked the roads with a few trucks (oh, wait).

Thanks Petri!

Dave
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04-30-2014, 04:36 PM, (This post was last modified: 04-30-2014, 04:39 PM by Crossroads.)
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RE: British Pathe newsreels
(04-30-2014, 11:04 AM)Scud Wrote: The Germans should have blocked the roads with a few trucks (oh, wait).

You did not watch the video, did you Dave?

Rommel, the Desert Fox that he is, set to do exactly that. Unknown to him, Montgomery had called a few air strikes on his armor though. Following their orders, the Royal Air Force, upon finding no high value targets in the area (such as wagons), hit his trucks instead, causing a few SP losses, and importantly a few retreats ruining the road block for him.

On another development, Rommel had his halftracks set on surround+capture Montgomery's HQ assets, but with another stroke of bad luck, the variable visibility snag (El Alamein was before 2.00, remember) caused the visibility to improve upon Monty's turn, and all Rommel's halftrack fell victim to British tankers.

Talk about rotten luck! Whip
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04-30-2014, 09:50 PM,
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RE: British Pathe newsreels
(04-30-2014, 04:36 PM)Battle Kat Wrote: On another development, Rommel had his halftracks set on surround+capture Montgomery's HQ assets, but with another stroke of bad luck, the variable visibility snag (El Alamein was before 2.00, remember) caused the visibility to improve upon Monty's turn, and all Rommel's halftrack fell victim to British tankers.

If only Rommel had moved second, and left that halftrack manoeuvre to the end of the battle. Then the British tankers wouldn't have been able to fire at them, because the battle would have been over.
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