#260: Rommels Second Offensive - TWiE War on the Southern Front
0 - 0 - 0
| Rating: | 0 (0) |
| Games Played: | 0 |
| SM: | 1 |
| Turns: | 9 |
| Type: | Stock |
| First Side: | Axis |
| Second Side: | Allies |
January 21st 1942: After the German offensive following Crusader, the Germans were in a position which was, in fact, strategically not too bad. They could not be outflanked and they were closer to their supply base at Tripoli. The British on the other hand were thinly stretched across the Cyrenaica with a long line of communications trailing all the way back to Egypt. With the forces at hand Rommel thought if he struck quickly he could gain local superiority and drive the British back across the desert once again, this time capturing Tobruk and driving all the way to the Nile. Ambitious plans which almost succeeded.
){kind=link}