![]() ![]() ![]() Forces in the remaining Boxes were ordered to withdraw as the Armoured Corps could no longer offer any hope of protection. His problem was a lack of supplies and the further his troops advanced, the more acute the need to capture fuel, ammunition and food became.ĭespite strong resistance at the end of May, Rommel’s Afrika Korps overran the 150 Brigade Box which blocked his supply route and attention was then focused on the Free French forces at Bir Hacheim, the southern-most Box. ![]() Rommel was determined that this time his forces would capture Tobruk and continue to Cairo, Alexandria and the Suez Canal. In May of that year the Allied forces were based in a static series of ‘Boxes’ on the Gazala line awaiting an anticipated attack. Up until the beginning of 1942, the North African campaign had been characterised by swift advances by both sides, followed by equally swift withdrawals. ![]()
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