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...Indian Ocean to the Axis. The escape of three German ships from Brest meant that the German Fleet was something to reckon with. The wavering of Vichy reminded the world that France's Fleet is the balance of the world's seapower. The strength of Field Marshal Rommel in Africa, and Winston Churchill's admission in his speech that "the Mediterranean is closed," showed that the Italian Navy was not exhausted...
Like a wave running up a beach, the sweeping force of Field Marshal Erwin Rommel's thrust toward Tobruk had by last week slowed, thinned, sunk into the sand. What worried the British was how far the next wave might...
...arcane policy which Vichy calls "collaboration" with the Axis seemed last week to be taking definite form. According to reports from London, 14,000 French trucks had been shipped to Tunisia, oil tankers were sailing directly from Marseille to Field Marshal Erwin Rommel's Tripoli supply base, German ships were traversing French territorial waters on their way to the African front. In spite of official denials from Vichy, the rumors persisted...
...Vichy. Only so long as collaboration remains a matter of words can Washington exert its influence to prevent collaboration from edging over into active alliance. Moving on diplomatic tiptoe, the State Department explored the apparent change in the weather, asked Vichy whether rumors of aid to Rommel were true. Though Vichy's answer was not released to the press, the State Department called it "definitely unsatisfactory." It looked as though the bottom had dropped out of the barometer and collaborating Vichy would soon be swallowed by the Axis...
...Middle East Command, never knowing when to expect an Axis drive through Turkey and down through Syria, was weakened by the withdrawal of Australian troops to Singapore. Reported movements of new Axis troops in the Balkans and German airmen in lower Italy hinted at a big offensive if & when Rommel plows through Cyrenaica...