The Shocking Move Played By a Brilliant German Commander

Rommel’s feint maneuver had worked. While his Italian allies were engaging the bulk of the British forces at the center of the Gazala Line, his Afrika Korps had successfully breached the south to attack them from the rear.

Nonetheless, the Desert Fox faced an imminent threat. His elite troops were pinned down at the fortified position known as the Cauldron. Heavy artillery strikes and increasing British tanks were steadily surrounding the sun-tanned and hardened German tankers.

Some men were uneasy as the artillery shells detonated around them, but Rommel remained calm. He knew the British were overconfident in their superior numbers, a weakness he could exploit.

It was only a matter of time before the opportunity arose to outsmart the enemy with his panzers and roll them over all the way to Egypt…
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