Minden amit a II. világháborúról és a Harmadik Birodalomról tudni lehet
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Málta elfoglalását sem ő fűjta ez szimpla hazugság.
Hm... Vagy mégsem...?
In conjunction with this spying mission, as the Axis powers were preparing to invade Malta, on April 29-30, Adolf Hitler and Mussolini met in Salzburg, Austria, to discuss their Mediterranean strategy. It was decided to take first Tobruk in Libya and then Malta. The island’s invasion, codenamed Operation Herkules by the Germans and C3 by the Italians, would take place only after the British forces in North Africa had been beaten.
In the early months of 1942 the German air force’s Fliegerkorps II mounted heavy attacks on Malta to neutralise its defences and demoralise the population. By May 10, the German commander in the Mediterranean, Albert Kesselring, regarded the task as accomplished and Fliegerkorps II started moving from Sicily to North Africa.
On May 26, Erwin Rommel duly attacked, and by June 21 Tobruk was in Axis hands. According to his directive, Rommel should have halted, and the forces should have been reorganised for the invasion of Malta. Instead, Hitler permitted Rommel to continue his advance to the Suez Canal.