The German failure to bring the British to heel during the Battle of Britain left the two warring nations in a stalemate. Neither nation had a plausible means of defeating the other.
But when Italy entered the war, it created an Italian-British front in North Africa. The Italians had numerical superiority, but they couldn’t keep up with the motorized British units.
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Fanfare
Opening War Theme
Violin Concerto in G Minor “Summer”
Composed in 1723 by Antonio Vivaldi. Public domain.
Performed by John Harrison. Performance used pursuant to a Creative Commons CC BY-SA 3.0 license. Source.
Closing War Theme
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