Halder's Cunning Plan to STOP Erwin Rommel | Operation Crusader 1941 Part 4

Franz Halder hates Rommel. So much so, that he's willing to undermine German grand strategy just to spite him. Rommel is massively impacted by this... although, not in the way Halder hoped. We'll also look at the state of Axis forces as a result of Halder's plot, and see what positions the German and Italian divisions were in prior to Operation Crusader in 1941.

Timestamps
00:00 Intro
00:43 Chapter 4 Part 1 - Rommel
02:17 Rommel in North Africa
03:09 Context to the Halder Plot
05:02 Halder
06:22 Halder’s Cunning Plan
08:06 Halder’s Plan fails
11:25 Axis Command Structure
12:59 Chapter 4 Part 2 - Axis Forces
13:04 Talking about German doctrines
14:12 Blitzkrieg
14:59 Auftragstaktik and Kampgruppe Doctrines
16:00 Italian Doctrines - The War of Rapid Decision
17:47 Rommel is not good at logistics?
20:55 Rommel’s temper and conflict with his officers
22:40 Axis Reinforcements and overall state of forces
23:34 Axis Units (starting with Bastico’s Command and Gambara’s Mobile 20th Corps)
24:35 132nd Ariete Armoured Division
24:49 101st Trieste Motorized Division
25:05 Rommel’s Panzer Army Afrika
25:27 The Deutsches Afrika Korps (and Ludwig Crüwell)
26:15 15th Panzer Division
26:40 21st Panzer Division
27:04 Bach’s Battalion and German units at Halfaya
27:51 The Afrika Division (or 90th Light Division, or 90th Afrika Division)
29:15 55th Savona Infantry Division
29:47 Navarrini’s 21st Army Corps
29:59 102nd Motorized Trento Division
30:28 25th Bologna Semi-Motorized Infantry Division
30:56 27th Brescia Semi-Motorized Infantry Division
31:14 17th Pavia Infantry Division
31:51 104th Artillery Command Afrika (“Rommel’s Travelling Circus”)
32:58 Chapter 4 Part 3 - Axis Weapons of War (starting with German Mobilization)
33:45 50mm PAK 38 Anti-Tank Gun
34:48 37mm PAK 36 and Cannone da 47/32 47mm Anti-Tank Guns
35:35 88mm Flak Gun
36:32 German Tanks
36:59 Panzer II (Panzerkampfwagen II)
37:21 Panzer III (Panzerkampfwagen III)
38:39 Panzer IV (Panzerkampfwagen IV)
39:49 Italian Tanks (M13/40)
40:42 Assessment of Axis Weapons and Manpower Strength vs British
43:13 Rommel’s idea for a raid into Egypt and two British Operations - one of which was to assassinate Rommel

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The MAIN Reason Why Germany Lost WW2 - OIL https://youtu.be/kVo5I0xNRhg

The North African Campaign in WW2 Battlestorm Playlist https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLNSNgGzaledivgjjFkhXw9y5RRvr7kNoe

The Operation Crusader Playlist https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLNSNgGzaledjvQKDHORAPuJdug2sY4lrL

FALL BLAU 1942 - Examining the Disaster (for more Halder action) https://youtu.be/hzr6dD8fvVY

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