{"id":98169,"date":"2025-09-28T04:00:27","date_gmt":"2025-09-28T08:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/?p=98169"},"modified":"2025-09-27T17:37:33","modified_gmt":"2025-09-27T21:37:33","slug":"north-africa-episode-1-hitlers-hand-forced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2025\/09\/28\/north-africa-episode-1-hitlers-hand-forced\/","title":{"rendered":"North Africa Episode 1: Hitler&#8217;s Hand Forced"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"854\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/P1xbjhar5u8?si=tr3D_BvvoX53PwGG\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>World War Two<\/strong><br \/>\nPublished 27 Sept 2025<\/p>\n<p>As Italy&#8217;s war effort collapses across Greece and North Africa, Hitler is forced to intervene. This episode explains why German troops are sent to Africa in early 1941 and sets the stage for Rommel&#8217;s arrival and the birth of the Desert War. The North African campaign begins not with a plan \u2014 but with a crisis.<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Join us on Patreon: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/TimeGhostHistory\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/TimeGhostHistory<\/a><br \/>\nOr join The TimeGhost Army directly at: <a href=\"https:\/\/timeghost.tv\/signup\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/timeghost.tv<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Follow WW2 day by day on Instagram @ww2_day_by_day &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/ww2_day_by_day\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/ww2_day_by_day<\/a><br \/>\nFollow Timeghost History on Instagram &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/timeghosthistory\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/timeghosthistory<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source list: <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/WW2sources\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/bit.ly\/WW2sources<\/a><br \/>\nArchive footage: Screenocean\/Reuters &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.screenocean.com\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.screenocean.com<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Hosted by: Indy Neidell<br \/>\nDirector: Astrid Deinhard<br \/>\nProducers: Astrid Deinhard and Spartacus Olsson<br \/>\nExecutive Producers: Astrid Deinhard, Indy Neidell, Spartacus Olsson<br \/>\nCo-produced by: James Newman<br \/>\nCreative Director: Iryna Dulka<br \/>\nCommunity Management: Anna Deinhard &#038; Tom Aldis<br \/>\nWritten by: Sebastian Brandstetter<br \/>\nResearch by: Sebastian Brandstetter<br \/>\nHead of Cartography: Andreas Olsson<br \/>\nMap animations by: Daniel Weiss<br \/>\nMap research by: Tom Aldis<br \/>\nEdited by: \u0141ukasz Zo\u0144<br \/>\nColor grading by: \u0141ukasz Zo\u0144<br \/>\nArtwork by: Himanka Kalita<br \/>\nSound design by: Marek Kami\u0144ski<br \/>\nColorizations by: Iryna Dulka, Himanka Kalita, Mikolaj Uchman<\/p>\n<p>Archive footage: https:\/\/www.screenocean.com <\/p>\n<p>A TimeGhost chronological documentary produced by OnLion Entertainment GmbH.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>World War Two Published 27 Sept 2025 As Italy&#8217;s war effort collapses across Greece and North Africa, Hitler is forced to intervene. This episode explains why German troops are sent to Africa in early 1941 and sets the stage for Rommel&#8217;s arrival and the birth of the Desert War. 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