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The History of WWII Podcast

Episode 395-The Gazala Gallop

The History of WWII Podcast

Ray Harris Jr

Education, History, Society & Culture

4.54.5K Ratings

🗓️ 2 December 2022

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

With Tobruk lost, 8th British Army falls back to the Egyptian border. But C in C Claude Auchinleck is still not convinced that they are safe from Rommel, so agrees to another pull back to Mersa Matruh. Gen. Ritchie sets up his defenses, but Auchinleck has another line established even further back at El Alamein. Meanwhile, Rommel’s men travel 100 miles in 24 hours and soon the two sides are face to face once again. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Hello and thank you for listening to the history of World War Two podcast.

1:14.2

Episode 395 The Gazala Gallup It might have been June 21st 1942 on the calendar, but for Rommel

1:23.8

it was Christmas. Having taken to Brooke so easily, with the vast majority of his command still intact,

1:30.8

he ready to make for the Egyptian border. The good news was that the still intact supplies from

1:37.0

the port city would allow him to fill up his tanks and move out. The bad news was that he could

1:43.5

only go to the wired fences of the enemy and not be on them without the permission of Mussolini.

1:51.2

That had been the agreement when he and his were given priority over operation Hercules,

1:57.0

the occupation of Malta. Well that question was now brought to the fore. What would he,

2:03.5

Rommel be allowed to do and knowing Rommel as we do now, what would he actually do? His orders

2:10.6

be damned. Anticipating that his aggressiveness was still robust, C&C South Albert Kesslering

2:17.8

himself flew to North Africa to work things out with Rommel on June 21st. As it was windy and the

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