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MARCH AND FIGHT OF THE GERMAN AFRICA CORPS IN 1941
Drawing by Kurt Caesar
On December 9th 1940 British unleashed their major offensive against Sidi el Barani, hoping to take the entire Italian and North African coast in their possession. Italy lost Cyrenaica. But the very first days of February 1941 brought a big surprise: the British stopped their offensive in the Agedabia. The vast extension of the supply routes of 1000 km long forced them to take a respite to organize the subsequent advance to Tripoli. This undeniable initial success was extensively exploited for propaganda purposes. The world held its breath. In that critical days, the first units of the German Africa Corps landed in Tripoli. Behind the scenes a tough and grim battle for the replenishment had begun. Which of the two opponents will be able to strike decisive blow first? The leadership of the DAK was entrusted to a young general who was a tactical Instructor at a well-known German military school before the war...
General Field Marshal Rommel
General - Lieutenant Cruwell
Colonel i.g. Bayerlein, Chief of the DAK HQ
Major-General Neumann Sylkow
Major-General von Ravenstein
Major-General Sommermann
“... Where we can beat England, England will be beaten" Fuhrer on January 30, 1941
Map of the Western Mediterranean
Map of the Eastern Mediterranean
Italian tanks in Tripoli Harbor
English tanks and infantry in attack
Uaddan Tower and Hotel in Tripoli
View of the Tripoli Harbor
Lieutenant Colonel Graf von Klinkowström, Chief of the DAK Transportation
Italian-German convoy traveling
Air battle of Caproni Ghibli with 6 Spitfires
Savoia torpedo planes attacks an enemy convoy
View of the Great Mosque of Homs
Albergo Sirte
General view of Sirte
Motorcade in the sand near En-Nofilia
Camels in the desert in Sirte
PAK thwarts British attempt to break through
Center of settlement with the Empire fountain of En-Nofilia
Desert fort at En-Nofilia
Native settlement at En-Nofilia
The Via Balbia between Bivio En-Nofilia and Marble Arch
Marble Arch on the border of Tripoli and Cyrenaica
German tanks in El-Agheila
View of Agedabia from the west
The military cemetery of Agedabia
The battlefield in 18 km from Agedabia
Tanks advancing in Cyrenaica
View of Ghemines from Via Balbia
The Fieseler Storch of General Rommel passes above the German column in desert
Marabout Islamic School in Solluch
The destroyed narrow gauge railway station in Solluch
Destroyed waterworks in Solluch
Desert fort seen from the south of El Mechili
Signpost at El Mechili
Inner courtyard of El Mechili desert fort
West side of El Mechili desert fort
General view of the El Mechili desert fort
Desert fort Pessana, view from Via Balbia
Desert fort Sidi El Magrun with English tank sunk in sand on the foreground
Desert fort at El-Guarscia
City of Benghazi, Official buildings
El-Abiar
Ancient mausoleum at Ptolemaida
The Valley of Caves in the North Cyrenaica
Military Cemetery at Derna
"White House" in Tobruk
Mark II attacks Italian positions
Italian anti-tank crew preparing to fight approaching enemy
Stukas attack enemy motorized forces
Bardia
English tank attacks at Segnali
Tanks of Italian "Arierte" division in attack
Change of position of a heavy flak on a battlefield in Cyrenaica
Heavy machine-gun position in Cyrenaica
Night battle in the desert
Italian infantry waiting for the enemy infantry
Transport airplanes Ju-52
The bullet-riddled Church of Bardia
The coast at Bardia
The so-called “Bath Bay” of Bardia
Flak and vehicles on the steep shore near Bardia
Fort Capuzzo after battles of the summer 1941
Mark II near Capuzzo
First houses of Upper Sollum
Panzer III breaks through
Italy infantry in counterattack
Enemy is coming!
German fighter attacks Spitfire
Broken English attack on the Halfaya Pass
View from the Serpentine Upper Sollum to the Gulf and the Harbor
Low Sollum
The Ice Factory near Sollum
View of Halfaya Pass
Wrecks of a British attack between Halfaya Pass and barbed wire
Heavy armored reconnaissance vehicle at Sidi Suleiman
German reconnaissance at Sidi Suleiman
One of the characteristic "Uadi"
Outpost "Cirener"
Italian - German positions in the Egyptian desert wasteland
Italy fighter plane in the low-level attack
Antitank crew position at outpost “Cova"
Field kitchen at a front outpost
Landser makes yourself comfortable
Slopes and barbed wire at Sidi Omar
German tanks run over enemy battery position
German tanks destroy Indian artillery at Sidi Omar
Battle of two scorpions