l10 the battle for north africa

Question 1

reasons why the axis launched the north africa campaign

Answer 1

acces to suez canal access to oil and british acces to india

Question 2

challenges of desert warfare

Answer 2

really hard to keep armies supplied (cant use resources from land) ,constant sand abrasion on things made stuff stop working. water doesn’t extist; had to be transported in vehicles.really extreme tempratures and poor hygiene

Question 3

evidence rommel was a skilled general

Answer 3

took only 2 mths to send british troops back to border of egypt from el aghelia

Question 4

reasons why the allies won

Answer 4

american support and montgomery utlising the allied avantage of having more stuff than rommel