On 26 May 1942, General Erwin Rommel's forces race through the Libyan desert to outflank the Allied defenses at Gazala. The African front has remained eerily quiet for nearly four months now, as both sides are recuperating from the carnage that was Operation Crusader and the subsequent counteroffensive. After those chaotic months, the frontline eventually settled on Gazala in February, some 60 kilometers west of Tobruk. . Since then, the question on everyone's mind has been: who will strike firs

Erwin Rommel: Hitler’s Reluctant General