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To: PzLdr

'Yeah. But the Brits were reading all the Enigma traffic out of Africa and Italy - and they still couldn't beat him.'

cough....Kasserine Pass...cough.....


62 posted on 08/24/2006 12:38:08 PM PDT by the scotsman
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To: the scotsman

Kasserine was a major U.S failure...But Rommel wouldn't have launched it if he wasn't sure that Monty would be sitting on his @ss in front of the Mareth Line undertaking the inevitable - and long - preliminary buildup to any action at all.


64 posted on 08/24/2006 12:48:01 PM PDT by PzLdr ("The Emperor is not as forgiving as I am" - Darth Vader)
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