{"id":98609,"date":"2025-10-19T04:00:34","date_gmt":"2025-10-19T08:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/?p=98609"},"modified":"2025-10-18T16:27:26","modified_gmt":"2025-10-18T20:27:26","slug":"north-africa-ep-4-quiet-week-before-the-desert-storm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2025\/10\/19\/north-africa-ep-4-quiet-week-before-the-desert-storm\/","title":{"rendered":"North Africa Ep. 4: Quiet Week Before the Desert Storm"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"854\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VafGKB0JnlE?si=sOAINozACO_FGPsL\" 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 18 Oct 2025<\/p>\n<p>Late Feb\u2013early Mar 1941: convoys from Naples build up 5th Light as MG Battalion 8 and artillery arrive; Rommel wins deployments and edges the line from Nofilia toward Arco dei Fileni. <em>Luftwaffe<\/em> raids batter Malta, mines choke Suez, RAF assets drain to Greece, and Axis forward probes tighten the noose around El Agheila while Britain improvises under strain.<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 \/>\nMap animations by: Daniel Weiss, Andreas Olsson<br \/>\nMap research by: Tom Aldis, Andreas Olsson<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, Iryna Dulka<\/p>\n<p>Image sources:<br \/>\nPaul Dober from Wikimedia Commons<\/p>\n<p>A TimeGhost chronological documentary produced by OnLion Entertainment GmbH.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>World War Two Published 18 Oct 2025 Late Feb\u2013early Mar 1941: convoys from Naples build up 5th Light as MG Battalion 8 and artillery arrive; Rommel wins deployments and edges the line from Nofilia toward Arco dei Fileni. 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