Hitler lost that part of the war at El Alamein, Walt. Numerical losses mean little when the strategic blow is overwhelming.
Hitler lost that part of the war at El Alamein, Walt. Numerical losses mean little when the strategic blow is overwhelming.
El Alemein gets a lot of play. It was just about the only victory that was solely British.
The Germans took some licks, but the forces involved were very small compared to the Russian Front. When the Brits began emerging from the mine fields, the Germans grabbed all the motorized transport and left post haste. The Italian infantry was left behind for capture. Hitler was in a bad way because he knew he couldn't count on the Italians to hold the Med for long. Reinforcing NA was just a stop gap. Large numbers of very good German troops were sent to NA and thereby thrown away in North Africa after it was clear the Italian Navy was too timid and later too outnumbered to support them.
but you still forget that the Germans defended the Italian front until the very end of the war.
El Alemein per se was not that big a deal.
Walt