{"id":54098,"date":"2020-01-09T06:00:25","date_gmt":"2020-01-09T11:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/?p=54098"},"modified":"2020-01-08T19:47:25","modified_gmt":"2020-01-09T00:47:25","slug":"operation-compass-1940-41-battlestorm-north-african-campaign-documentary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2020\/01\/09\/operation-compass-1940-41-battlestorm-north-african-campaign-documentary\/","title":{"rendered":"Operation Compass 1940-41 | BATTLESTORM North African Campaign Documentary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"853\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/b71kdhj27rk\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>TIK<\/strong><br \/>\nPublished 21 Dec 2015<\/p>\n<p>The most in-depth look at Operation Compass out there! Using animations and detailed maps, let&#8217;s find out what happened in one of the greatest British (and Commonwealth) victories of the war and who was responsible for the destruction of the Italian 10th Army. This video covers the start of the North African Campaign up to the Battle of Beda Fomm.<\/p>\n<p>Sources:<br \/>\nBarnett, C. <em>The Desert Generals<\/em>. Weidenfeld &#038; Nicolson, 2011.<br \/>\nBierwirth, J. <em>Beda Fomm: An Operational Analysis<\/em>. Pickle Partners, 1994.<br \/>\nChristie H. <em>Fallen Eagles: The Italian 10th Army in the Opening Campaign in the Western Desert, June 1940<\/em>. Pickle Partners 1999.<br \/>\nDimbleby, J. <em>Destiny in the Desert<\/em>. Britain 2013.<br \/>\nMoorehead, A. <em>The Desert War: The Classic Trilogy on the North Africa Campaign 1940-43<\/em>. Aurum Press, 2014.<br \/>\nPlayfair, I.S.O. <em>The Mediterranean and Middle East Volume 1: Early Successes against Italy<\/em> [to May 1941]. 1954.<br \/>\nWahlert, G. <em>The Western Desert Campaign<\/em>. Australia, 2011.<\/p>\n<p>Music is my own!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Screenshot_2020-01-09-Operation-Compass-1940-41-BATTLESTORM-North-African-Campaign-Documentary.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Screenshot_2020-01-09-Operation-Compass-1940-41-BATTLESTORM-North-African-Campaign-Documentary-480x270.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-54100\" srcset=\"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Screenshot_2020-01-09-Operation-Compass-1940-41-BATTLESTORM-North-African-Campaign-Documentary-480x270.png 480w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Screenshot_2020-01-09-Operation-Compass-1940-41-BATTLESTORM-North-African-Campaign-Documentary-853x480.png 853w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Screenshot_2020-01-09-Operation-Compass-1940-41-BATTLESTORM-North-African-Campaign-Documentary-150x84.png 150w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Screenshot_2020-01-09-Operation-Compass-1940-41-BATTLESTORM-North-African-Campaign-Documentary-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Screenshot_2020-01-09-Operation-Compass-1940-41-BATTLESTORM-North-African-Campaign-Documentary.png 930w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TIK Published 21 Dec 2015 The most in-depth look at Operation Compass out there! Using animations and detailed maps, let&#8217;s find out what happened in one of the greatest British (and Commonwealth) victories of the war and who was responsible for the destruction of the Italian 10th Army. 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