The Mediterranean Meat Grinder: The Most Disastrous Campaign Of WW2

The Mediterranean Meat Grinder: The Most Disastrous Campaign Of WW2

Mussolini’s ambitious plan to forge a new Roman Empire in North Africa and the Mediterranean quickly unraveled due to the Italian army’s poor fighting shape, leading to swift British victories in Libya and Abyssinia. This forced Hitler to intervene, diverting crucial resources to support his struggling ally and securing Crete, but ultimately drawing Germany into a costly North African campaign under General Rommel. Despite Rommel’s initial successes and strategic brilliance, the Allies, reinforced and benefiting from crucial intelligence, secured Malta’s supply lines and ultimately triumphed at El Alamein. Credit to : The World History Channel