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Hello and thank you for listening to the history of World War II podcast episode 80 East Africa.

Part 2. After the fall of Sionega, the war, at least away from the English channel, was in a state

of flux. With the British Commonwealth forces continued to push west in North Africa. With the

combined access powers pushed back, now that rumors of German reinforcements heading to

Tripoli seemed real. And what would happen in Greece? Would the Italians be pushed into the sea

would Hitler allow that? Could Hitler allow that? Could German troops be rushed there in time

to stop it? And in East Africa, would the falling back and condensing of Italian troops

be just the ticket to hold off the coming British, Indian, and African troops? Or would the

Allies make a clean sweep of the African continent altogether? Of course, everyone was spying on

everyone else, but each side knew exactly what they were going to do. And in war, just like in

chess or business, it's almost always best to be the one taking the initiative and letting the

other react to your moves. But those decisions had been made, that state of flux remained,

in some small part on both sides. Churchill might have steered the British cost to Greece,

but it was still Wavel's job to consider all the options. On February 10th, the CNC

Middle East, in a rare moment of two mines, wrote to the war office.

The extent of the Italian defeat at Benghazi, seems to me to make it possible that Tripoli might yield

to a small force, if dispatched without delay. I am working out the size of the force that would be

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