Over the winter of 1941-2, Hitler redeployed Luftwaffe units back to the Mediterranean, which meant more supplies were reaching Rommel’s army.
A new Axis offensive captured Tobruk and drove deep into Egypt.
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I have seen this incident described elsewhere but I can’t remember where: “No one in Egypt was more frightened than the country’s small Jewish population. British authorities in Egypt gave them priority on train tickets to the east, but British authorities in Palestine refused to admit them.”
https://historyofthetwentiethcentury.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/367-El-Alamein.pdf?utm_source=chatgpt.com
I’d be most obliged if you could direct me to a source.