North Africa

Tobruk was interesting because I never knew that North America was such a back and forth battle. In addition, I thought it was amazing how Tobruk held out for so long the first time but feel so quickly during the 2nd offensive by Rommel. I like how the presentation showed that Rommel, the great German general, was just like everyone else and made mistakes. Usually history forgets about a great individual’s mistakes and only remembers their victories. I was wondering if Germany would have taken the Suez Canal if Tobruk would not have held out for so long the first time?

In the presentation about El Alamein I thought it was interesting in Montgomery’s method of waging war. Montgomery really used the allies’ vast industry to his advantage by stockpiling before the battle and in his belief in training, which many allied troops greatly lacked. The battle also showed the way that Hitler always got too hands on with battles and didn’t let his generals general and didn’t look at the overall picture. I thought another interesting fact was that Rommel was absent when the battle started. I wonder if Rommel was present if the battle would have turned out differently?