In World War II, the German army was invincible at the beginning of World War II with its rapid mobility and super firepower blitzkrieg tactics; it conquered the countries of Western Europe in just a few months!
However, the powerful German army suffered a defeat in the Battle of El Alamein in North Africa, and the commander of this battle was still Rommel, one of the three famous generals of the German army; why did Rommel, who had the reputation of "Fox of North Africa", lose miserably in the Battle of El Alamein?
The Battle of El Alamein in October 1942, a battle of only about 20 days, made the Allied general Montgomery famous in the world, and made the "Fox of North Africa" Rommel return home; at the same time, the defeat of the German army in this battle also made the German army lose control of North Africa and the important resource channel of the Suez Canal!
British Prime Minister Winston Churchill also famously said: "Before the Battle of El Alamein we were invincible, after the Battle of El Alamein we were invincible." "It can be seen how important the victory in the Battle of El Alamein was to the morale of the Allied forces!
The first important reason why Rommel lost this battle was that "it was difficult for a woman to cook without rice", in this battle Rommel could command only 100,000 troops, and the number of Allied troops was twice that of the Germans! Although Rommel has always won more with less in the North African battlefield, this time it is not only a small number of people, but also the weapons are inferior to the opponent, take the tank as an example: Rommel had only a few hundred Italian thin-skinned tanks in his hands at the Battle of El Alamein; and Montgomery had all the new Sherman and Grant tanks!
After the defeat of the battle, Rommel said disappointedly: "We are completely overwhelmed by the number of opponents. ”
The second reason: there is no support in Germany at all!
In June 1941, Hitler desperately sent more than five million troops to invade the Soviet Union, although the German army relied on rapid mobility to catch the Soviet army by surprise; but when it hit Stalingrad, the Soviet Union was relieved, and the awakened polar bear made the German army break the front teeth.
At this time, the Soviet Katyusha rockets were like raindrops, bathed in Hitler, and he had no time to take care of the 100,000-strong battle of El Alamein in North Africa! You Rommel loves to drip, he can't catch the lice on his own head, how can he care about you?
Third, the defeated Allies had cleared Rommel's tactics!
You should know that Rommel was a often victorious general in the North African battlefield before, so he also got a good name of "North African Fox". But the Allies, who had suffered too much in the defeat, also knew Rommel very well, and his rapid maneuverability interspersed tactics of attacking east and west had long been cleared; especially seeing That Germany was at a disadvantage in the Soviet Union in World War II; and was very sure that as long as Rommel's supply line was cut off, the war, no matter what kind of military genius Rommel was, would surely be lost! Because Hitler wouldn't give him any supplies!
epilogue:
The Battle of El Alamein not only gave the Allies victory over the Middle Eastern oil fields and the Suez Canal; it also made Rommel and Hitler's relations worse and worse. Then, in July 1944, Rommel was implicated in the assassination of Hitler by his subordinate Tawfenberg, and was given a glass of poisoned wine by Hitler, who ended his life at the age of 53!