{"id":98959,"date":"2025-11-09T04:00:47","date_gmt":"2025-11-09T09:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/?p=98959"},"modified":"2025-11-08T21:30:38","modified_gmt":"2025-11-09T02:30:38","slug":"north-africa-ep-7-hitler-says-no-rommel-doesnt-care","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2025\/11\/09\/north-africa-ep-7-hitler-says-no-rommel-doesnt-care\/","title":{"rendered":"North Africa Ep. 7: Hitler says No! Rommel doesn&#8217;t care!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"854\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cvg0vxUW-zE?si=rZYmNtFMrQo_zVZL\" 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 8 Nov 2025<\/p>\n<p>Rommel is called to Berlin, where he\u2019s told to wait until May and settle for Benghazi, but he rejects that plan and decides to strike sooner. In Cairo, Wavell reads ULTRA decrypts and realizes the <em>Luftwaffe<\/em> is preparing something, while admitting he has almost nothing left to hold Cyrenaica. 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