Saturday, February 5, 2011

February 5

Gen. Erwin Rommel

British troops in North Africa.
On February 5, 1941 Adolf Hitler sends a scolding letter to his Italian ally Benito Mussolini to control his troops in Libya better. The Italians had recently retreated from the British, and Hitler would not accept it. Hitler sent thousands of German troops to North Africa under the control of General Erwin Rommel. But not even German help could stop the loss of Libya.

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