Supply Units Losing Vehicles

[Krak]

I don't doubt Rommel had huge supply problems in NA. I have read widely on the subject. But I still don't buy your ascertion that it was impossible for him to reach Alexandria even if 8th Army simply was no longer there. That statement contradicts a great many people who were there at the time. From my reading Rommel did not get there because 8th Army stopped him. I feel to say that it mattered not is a slight against the great many who sacrified their lives in the endeavour to stop him.

If other registered users of this site make such statements it matters not to me. But when a high ranking official of the board makes a statement like that I feel it necessary to counter it. Less read individuals might be inclined to take your word as fact. Offering an arguement to your ascertion hopefully will encourage them to read up on the subject themselves and deduce their own conclusions.

If commanders like Rommel, Manstein and even dare I say it Hitler had always listened to so called 'saner' advice then astonishing victories like France in 1940 or Gazala in 42 (or defeats like Bulge and Kursk for that matter) would never had occurred.

We will never know if the Germans could have made Alexandria. Because 8th Army stopped them and threw them back. But 'I' can't believe that the Germans would not have found a way to get there had they destroyed 8th Army and the path there lay clear of resistance.

Strategically, had the allies lost Alexandria then the Royal Navy would have lost control of the Eastern Med. Thereafter a far better supply situation for Rommel would have ensued. Alexandria and Port Said were major supply depot's and port's. What a disaster had they been lost.

Anyway I am not offended or anything. I just think a statement like that is a bit over the top so to speak. No hard feelings or anything.