Rommel 'can't sleep for happiness'

3rd April 1941: Defying orders not to attack yet, Rommel launches an assault on the disorganised British in North Africa

“Tanks going into action against the German advance in the Western Desert.” April 1941.

At the beginning of February, British forces in North Africa had achieved a stunning victory over the much larger Italian Army. German forces under Rommel were dispatched to prevent an even more humiliating complete Italian collapse, even though it was a minor sidesho…