Rommel-Nile Delta

[Overlag]

im not really sure why italy was so scared of using there ships though.... they had quality and more ships than the brits in the med....USING them would have forced the UK to use more ships in the med, making it easier for germany to get its forces out of Norway etc.....

[Reschke]

What would Germany have gained....Well if Rommel could have forced the Brits out of Egypt and into Palestine (now Israel) then the Germans would have gained strategic superiority in the region and the confidence that goes along with that. In the end they would have gained all of the above items listed but those would have been temporary items to prepare for the drive through Palestine and Syria/Iraq into southern Russia. If the German High Command (who by all indications who were fairly good long term strategy planners) would have been able to get their way then its entirely plausible that the tide would have changed in Russia before the debacle at Stalingrad which was the turning point in the east in my view.

[Pongo]

agent never described the method nor chain of events that led to cairo being captured yet wants us to imagine how much would be captured intact by the germans.
Telly savalas blew up the last panzer by rolling barrels of fuel down the hill at the last m46, thats why cairo didnt fall at all.

[agent 009]

That's because it could be done several ways. No east front attack, Malta attacked early 42 as Kesselring wanted. Several variables on how it might be achieved. different thread.