ROMMEL'S LAST TANKER

From: Sea Classics | Date: July 1, 2004| Author: Emmot, N W | Copyright information

It was a mission of desperation for, without the cargo of liquid gold, German Gen. Erwin Rommel's greatest offensive in North Africa would stall for want of gasoline for his panzers

In October 1942 an engagement took place which could be called a Naval battle, a commerce-raiding air attack, or the interdiction of a battlefield. Not many men were involved; fewer than 80 on one side, and a few hundred on the other. The result, however, may well have decided a battle which decided a campa...

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