{"id":98298,"date":"2025-10-05T04:00:18","date_gmt":"2025-10-05T08:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/?p=98298"},"modified":"2025-10-04T16:30:11","modified_gmt":"2025-10-04T20:30:11","slug":"north-africa-episode-2-rommel-arrives-in-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2025\/10\/05\/north-africa-episode-2-rommel-arrives-in-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"North Africa Episode 2: Rommel Arrives in Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"854\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HUDkolsjLFo?si=5IWJ2yS9upofnlZ4\" 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<p>World War Two<br \/>\nPublished 4 Oct 2025<\/p>\n<p>North Africa, February 1941. Operation Compass has shattered the Italian 10th Army, capturing over 100,000 men and pushing deep into Libya. But just as Britain celebrates its first major land victory of World War II, a new threat arrives: Erwin Rommel. Sent by Hitler to salvage the collapsing Italian front, the &#8220;Desert Fox&#8221; lands in Tripoli with orders to hold Libya \u2014 and immediately begins pushing east.<\/p>\n<p>At the same time, British commanders face tough choices: should they secure North Africa, or divert their best troops to Greece as Churchill demands? With overstretched Commonwealth divisions left behind in the desert and fresh German forces arriving, a new campaign begins \u2014 one that will decide the future of the Mediterranean war.<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 \/>\nCreative Director: Iryna Dulka<br \/>\nCommunity Management: Anna Deinhard &#038; Tom Aldis<br \/>\nWritten by: Sebastian Brandstetter<br \/>\nResearch by: Sebastian Brandstetter<br \/>\nMap animations by: Daniel Weiss, Andreas Olsson<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: Mikolaj Uchman<\/p>\n<p>A TimeGhost chronological documentary produced by OnLion Entertainment GmbH.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>World War Two Published 4 Oct 2025 North Africa, February 1941. Operation Compass has shattered the Italian 10th Army, capturing over 100,000 men and pushing deep into Libya. But just as Britain celebrates its first major land victory of World War II, a new threat arrives: Erwin Rommel. 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