A map showing Axis defense lines and the final Allied advance
"[Losing Tobruk was] one of the heaviest blows I can recall during the war." - Sir Winston Churchill, following the loss at Tobruk
"We are facing a very bold and clever foe, and I may well say a great general!" -Sir Winston Churchill, commentating on Rommel's stunning advances in Africa
"Is it really impossible to find a general who can win a battle?" -Sir Winston Churchill, commenting on the inability of his generals to do anything but be slaughtered
"Never again" -Major-General Douglas Wimberley, on the horrifying destruction that ensued from El Alamein
"There are my armored regiments" -John Currie, pointing to a group of twelve tanks after the Battle of El Alamein
"We are facing a very bold and clever foe, and I may well say a great general!" -Sir Winston Churchill, commentating on Rommel's stunning advances in Africa
"Is it really impossible to find a general who can win a battle?" -Sir Winston Churchill, commenting on the inability of his generals to do anything but be slaughtered
"Never again" -Major-General Douglas Wimberley, on the horrifying destruction that ensued from El Alamein
"There are my armored regiments" -John Currie, pointing to a group of twelve tanks after the Battle of El Alamein
