The battles and campaigns of Erwin Rommel in North Africa in 1941. One of Germany's outstanding World War II Generals, from his arrival in the North African theatre he proceeded to smash the Allied armies in Libya, and pursue them all the way to Egypt with victories at Mersa el Brega, Benghazi and Tobruk along the way. The Afrika Korps recaptured almost all the territory which had been lost by its Italian allies, and stood ready to sweep to the Suez Canal.
