Word: libya
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...same Berlin broadcast that told of the fall of Bengasi last week carried another piece of news. For his work in Libya, Adolf Hitler had upped tough Tank Expert General Erwin Rommel to the grade of Field Marshal, Second Class...
...theme of his bellowing was simple, understandable and dear to Aussie hearts. Australia had poured half of its effective Army (about 170,000 men), an increasing flow of airmen, Bren guns, shells and other munitions into Greece, Crete, Libya, Malaya. Australia now demanded a place and a say in the British War Cabinet...
...moved their forces into battle under one-man control with a minimum of departmental confusion, the Brit ish have been hindered by all kinds of wasted motion, brought on by lack of unity among top-ranking admirals, generals and R.A.F. commanders. At Crete and during the first battle of Libya, there was singularly little coordination of command be tween air, army and naval forces. More recently, in the Far East, the British lack of unified command was demonstrated when the Prince of Wales and the Repulse, cruising without air cover, were sunk with terrifying dispatch...
...clue to Rommel's action could be found in the British statement several weeks ago that three out of five ships from Axis convoys trying to reach Libya were being sunk. The other two ships, bringing supplies, weapons and men, had given Erwin Rommel strength enough to strike back at the British...
Still undecided about the final explanation for the concentrated attacks, London hinted at invasion last week. But with General Erwin Rommel hanging on in Libya by the skin of his gritty teeth, the bombings probably covered a concerted German effort to get reinforcements to his Afrika Korps and put him back on the offensive. By bombing Malta, the Axis had probably rendered ineffective any R.A.F. bombing operations from the island. As a result, Axis shipping has an even chance of getting to Tripoli and Tunis unbombed, either at base or in transit...