ROMMEL'S PROBLEMS
IMPORTANCE OF TRIPOLI.
(Rec. 9.55 a.m.) LONDON, Dec. 28. The enemy commander in Libya, it is thought in London, must be confronted with awkward problems. If he could get his forces into Tunisia largely intact, he would bring valuable reinforcements to his colleague there. On the other hand, if to do this he retired from Tripoli quicklv, the Eighth Army would be able to advance quickly, and that would mean, among other things, that the enemy army in Tunisia would be under heavy air pressure from the east and south as well as the west. ' , Again, if Rommel went right back to Tunisia he would give up Tripoli, the only port on that part of the' coast. Yet if he delayed in any way he would suffer losses and might find it difficult to extricate himself when it became necessary.—Official Wireless.'
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LXIII, Issue 25, 29 December 1942, Page 5
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143ROMMEL'S PROBLEMS Manawatu Standard, Volume LXIII, Issue 25, 29 December 1942, Page 5
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