'Black Saturday' in the Desert
13th June 1942: British lines begin to crumble along the Gazala Line as Rommel continues his assault without pause
In the Desert the battle continued, as it had done since May 27th. After finally breaking the Bir Hacheim box Rommel was at last able to launch a mass tank assault on the British Gazala line. His tactical use of a combination of anti-tank guns and tanks was to…
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