For the British it was utter, humiliating defeat. Tobruk, the same battle-scarred port that last year held out for eight months against Axis besiegers, succumbed to one day’s attack. Tobruk fell ...

Rommel turned Germany’s 88mm flak gun from an anti-aircraft weapon into a deadly tank killer. From the fields of Arras to the deserts of Libya, the 88mm tore through Allied armor, shattering tanks ...

It began as a routine attack. Just after dawn, British Matilda and cruiser tanks rolled forward across the hard desert floor toward a low, stony ridge. The dust behind them rose in long brown plumes.

Here’s What You Need to Remember: The British were likely aware that some ships of supplies had gotten through, but never imagined that their enemy could recover so quickly and launch... Here’s What ...