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Africa was routed by the British Commonwealth Western Desert Force in Operation Compass 9 December 1940 - 9 February 1941 under General Wavell. The German Armed Forces High Command [[Oberkommando der Wehrmacht]] decided to send a "blocking force" to Libya to support the Italian army, commanded by the future Field Marshal Erwin Rommel. The German blocking

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