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As linked on RealClearHistory from the National WWII Museum.

I knew Sherman tanks were decisive, didn’t know about Grants.

Great article…..

https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/articles/drive-nowhere-myth-afrika-korps-1941-43


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Interesting read. My Dad, who spoke fluent German, guarded Afrikacorp prisoners in Louisiana in 1943. Many of those prisoners were very happy to have been captured early in the war they said because they knew the handwriting was on the wall.


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