The 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.
It was the second time in a year that Field Marshal Rommel had captured Bengasi, and there was nothing second class about his performance. The sweeping Axis counterattack, which ten days before the British had hopefully called an "armored force reconnaissance," had swept around the base of the Gulf of Sidra, gathering momentum...
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