An Italian convoy to Tripoli to supply Rommel consisted of four merchant ships, escorted by four battleships, three light cruisers and twenty destroyers. That was 100,000 tons of warships escorting 20,000 tons of merchant ships. That’s what Rommel’s shipping supply lifeline needed. You have to ask the question: Was this sort of convoy escort sustainable?

Tag words: Field Marshall Erwin Rommel; Deutsche Afrika Korp; Ian Walker; Iron Hulls, Iron Hearts; North Africa; David Irving; Trail of the Fox; Colonel Bonner Fellers; The Rommel Papers; Regia Aeronautica; Regia Marina; Adolf Hitler;