{"id":54102,"date":"2020-01-14T04:00:44","date_gmt":"2020-01-14T09:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/?p=54102"},"modified":"2020-01-13T09:36:25","modified_gmt":"2020-01-13T14:36:25","slug":"the-desert-fox-rommels-first-battle-in-the-north-african-campaign-battlestorm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2020\/01\/14\/the-desert-fox-rommels-first-battle-in-the-north-african-campaign-battlestorm\/","title":{"rendered":"The Desert Fox | Rommel&#8217;s FIRST Battle in the North African Campaign | BATTLESTORM"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"853\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wMv9YN11xkY\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>TIK<\/strong><br \/>\nPublished 17 May 2016<\/p>\n<p>Erwin Rommel faces the might of the British Empire. In 3D animation, we&#8217;ll see the units, the battlefield and the tactics The Desert Fox uses to overcome the British and Australian forces at Mersa Brega and throw them out of Italian Libya. Except for Tobruk of course! The video covers Erwin Rommel&#8217;s arrival in Italian Libya up to the beginning part of the Battle of Tobruk 1941.<\/p>\n<p>This video is Part 2 of the Western Desert Campaign &#8211; Part 1 (Operation Compass) is in the link below<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=b71kdhj27rk\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=b71kd&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Bibliography<\/p>\n<p>Battistelli, Pier Paolo. <em>Erwin Rommel<\/em> (Command). Osprey Publishing, 2010.<br \/>\nBeckett, Ian F. <em>Rommel: A Reappraisal<\/em>. Great Britain, 2013.<br \/>\nBeevor, Antony. <em>The Second World War<\/em>. Phoenix, 2014.<br \/>\nBickers, Richard Townshend. <em>The Desert Air War: 1939-1945<\/em>. 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Osprey Publishing, 2009.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Screenshot_2020-01-14-The-Desert-Fox-Rommel\u2019s-FIRST-Battle-in-the-North-African-Campaign-BATTLESTORM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Screenshot_2020-01-14-The-Desert-Fox-Rommel\u2019s-FIRST-Battle-in-the-North-African-Campaign-BATTLESTORM-480x270.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-54193\" srcset=\"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Screenshot_2020-01-14-The-Desert-Fox-Rommel\u2019s-FIRST-Battle-in-the-North-African-Campaign-BATTLESTORM-480x270.png 480w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Screenshot_2020-01-14-The-Desert-Fox-Rommel\u2019s-FIRST-Battle-in-the-North-African-Campaign-BATTLESTORM-853x480.png 853w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Screenshot_2020-01-14-The-Desert-Fox-Rommel\u2019s-FIRST-Battle-in-the-North-African-Campaign-BATTLESTORM-150x84.png 150w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Screenshot_2020-01-14-The-Desert-Fox-Rommel\u2019s-FIRST-Battle-in-the-North-African-Campaign-BATTLESTORM-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Screenshot_2020-01-14-The-Desert-Fox-Rommel\u2019s-FIRST-Battle-in-the-North-African-Campaign-BATTLESTORM.png 930w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TIK Published 17 May 2016 Erwin Rommel faces the might of the British Empire. 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