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(March 17, 2023) This week, 80 years ago, the Allied Eighth Army’s XXX Corps, commanded by Lt.-Gen. Oliver Leese, assaulted the Mareth Line, in Tunisia, which was defended by Gen.
(Nov. 18, 2022) This week, 80 years ago, Benghazi, Libya’s second largest city, was occupied by the Allies. That day, Hitler ordered Field Marshal Erwin Rommel, commander of Panzerarmee Afrika,
(July 8, 2022) This week, 80 years ago, Panzerarmee Afrika, commanded by Field Marshal Erwin Rommel, and the Allied Eighth Army, commanded by Claude Auchinleck (“the Auk”) met for the
(June 24, 2022) This week, 80 years ago, the Italian Duce had just written a letter to the German Führer asking for fuel for the Regia Marina Italia for the
Churchill faced two motions of no confidence in 1942. His most difficult time came in 1942, when Britain came far closer to losing the war than most realise to this day.