Hitler really never intended to get involved in this theater of operations, preferring to leave it to his Italian allies. But once the British began Why_did_the_Germans_invade_Africa_in_World_War_2the Italians not only out of Egypt, but towards Tripoli, Hitler decided it was time, once again, to bail his ally out. The Germans had already done a survey of this region, the findings stating that as long as Malta was in British hands, no more than 4 Panzer divisions could be sustained in Afrika. And anything less than 4 would not be sufficient to accomplish the stated goals. So Hilter invaded Egypt as a method to propping up Mussolini. The problem that the Afrika Korps experienced was that the eastern front consumed all of Hitler's attention. It was not until after Operation Torch that Hitler finally send over the level of troops that were required. If he had done this in either 41 or even early 42, then Rommel would have had the strength to have driven into Egypt and beaten the British
Poland
Poland
10 May 1940
Blitzkreig
Poland
The prime minister of Britain declared war in Germany. The world war 2 started by Germany in a unprovoked attack on poland.
in world war 2 Germany attacked japan in hiroshima and nagasaki
Poland
Blitzkrieg
Poland
1940
HMS Curacao was cut in half by the SS Queen Mary.
germany
1914-1918.
Poland,Britain,France and more
Poland
They were headed by British shipping ports shipping supplies, Germany was at war with britian.