Operation Sonnenblaume
Time: Tuesday Feb 6, 1940
Place: Cyrenaica, Libya
Details: Italian defeats prompted Germany to deploy an expeditionary force to North Africa. Operation Sonnenblaume (6 February - 25 May) was the name given to the dispatch of German troops to North Africa in February 1941, The Italian 10th Army had been destroyed by the British and Allied Western Desert Force attacks during Operation Compass (9 December 1940 – 9 February 1941). Sonnenblume succeeded because the ability of the Germans to mount an offensive was underestimated by General Archbald Wavell, the Commander in Chief Middle East, the War Office and by Winston Churchill.
‹ Earlier in historyPhilip spent four months on the battleship HMS RamilliesJan, 1940 Later in history ›Churchill personally ordered Captain Philip Vian of the destroyer HMS Cossack to board the German supply ship Altmark in Norwegian watersFriday Feb 16, 1940
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