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A German towed 88mm anti-aircraft gun moves forward in July 1942.

Welcome to the War in the Desert Timeline!

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This timeline covers all the political and military events that occurred within Africa and the Middle East between the years 1940 and 1943.

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"To every man of us, Tobruk was a symbol of British resistance, and we are now going to finish with it for good."

Field Marshal Erwin Rommel
June 1942

German SdKfz 222

World War 2 Equipment - German SdKfz 222

The SdKfz 222 that served with the Afrika Korps reconnaissance units and was armed with a 2cm cannon and a coaxial machine-gun. Carrying a 3 man crew, it had performed well enough, but was handicapped in the desert by its relatively short cross-country range of 100 miles.