Episode 380-The British 8th Army vs The Desert Fox

The History of WWII Podcast

Ray Harris Jr

Education, History, Society & Culture

4.5 • 4.5K Ratings

🗓️ 13 August 2022

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

Rommel is able to take Cyrenaica back from the British 8th Army, but between his fuel issues and C in C, ME Auchinleck’s personnel changes, the two sides will stare at each other for a while. But the combat will return as North Africa’s fate will determine the future of the Middle East and the Suez Canal. It’s all or nothing, but having to deal with the Japanese Empire, now in the war, is stretching the Allies to the breaking point. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:28.8	the British Eighth Army versus the Desert Fox. Last time, Ramel had launched his second attack
1:36.3	against the Allies in North Africa on January 21, 1942. He had been forced back the first time
1:43.5	due to fuel and indeed in this attack which had started so well, he was now again a slave to his
1:50.7	shrinking supplies, but at least Benghazi was in range and that's where the Desert Fox would send
1:57.3	the bulk of his troops. Sadly, General Neil Richie in charge of the Eighth Army believed like
2:04.6	General Wavell had a year ago that Ramel was not committed to a true offensive but rather was
2:11.6	making an attempt to mess up any Allied plan of attack, namely Operation Acrobat. And as this was
2:19.2	nothing more than a German temperate tantrum, Richie would ignore it and get on with his planning,
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