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Originally Posted by Alam Halfa  What has to be remembered though is that despite his constant supply problems, Rommel was extremely successful in what little logistics and man power he had. He defeated numerous British forces much larger than his own! General O'Conner I think was the same, would have been an interesting show down if he hadn't been caught. |
This was one of Churchills greatest errors. Halting the push at El Agheila and splitting his forces to contest Greece cost a huge amount of allied lives for a negative result. (Having to fight for the same real estate time and time again)
The one saving grace was the Tobruk garrison continually denying Rommel the use of its port facilities and subsequently Egypt and the Suez. This allowed the build up of forces from Egypt to take place which eventually proved the downfall for the Axis.