Can anyone explain the back and forth battles between Germans and British from when rommell came till retreat?
– North African Campaign, 1942 British Relief of Tobruk On November 18, 1941, General Sir Claude Auchinleck launched a drive to relieve the besieged garrison of Tobruk. After heavy fighting around Sidi Rezegh and El Duda, Auchinleck succeeded. Rommel began a withdrawal on December 13, reaching El Agheila on January 8, 1942. Again events in another field affected British strength in Africa when the Australian division was removed to be sent to Singapore, which was under attack by the Japanese. German Offensive Rommel struck back on January 21. His troops took Agedabia, Msus, and Benghazi, but were halted early in February at El Gazala and Bir Hacheim. His forces renewed the attack on May 26 and fighting raged about a road junction called Knightsbridge by the British troops, and a mined area called “The Cauldron.” Bir Hacheim fell on June 10, and the British attempted to stop Rommel’s offensive by a heavy tank attack on June 13. Rommel laid an ambush and the Germans destroyed 230 of the
