When the Desert Fox Hunted Desert Rats

Follow and Wishlist our game on Steam https://store.steampowered.com/app/3606970?utm_source=0245 May 27th, 1942. General Erwin Rommel leads hundreds of Panzers and ten thousand vehicles of the Afrika Korps charging across the Libyan Desert, around the flank of the British-held Gazala Line, aiming for the vital Allied port of Tobruk. Spearheading the attack of the 15th Panzer Division is a veteran Panzer commander, Capt. Johannes ‘The Lion of Capuzzo’ Kümmel in his Panzer III Ausf. J. Driving northward, his Panzers run straight into the Desert Rats of the British 7th Armored Division. The British M3 Stuart light tanks, led by Lt. Bill Close of the 3rd Royal Tank Regiment, are no match for the formidable Panzers. But the Allies have a trick up their sleeve - the brand new American-made M3 Grant tanks, which the Germans have never fought before. In a titanic battle under the scorching Sun, the desert becomes a tank graveyard with heavy losses on both sides. But the ‘Desert Fox’ Rommel outfoxes the British and emerges victorious. Sources: Close, Bill (2013). Tank Commander: From the Fall of France to the Defeat of Germany – The Memoirs of Bill Close. Forczyk, Robert (2023). Desert Armour: Tank Warfare in North Africa: Gazala to Tunisia, 1942–43. Ford, Ken and White, John (2008). Gazala 1942: Rommel’s Greatest Victory. Forty, George (1997). The Armies of Rommel. Forty, George (2003). 7th Armoured Division: The 'Desert Rats'. Jörgensen, Christer (2015). Rommel’s High Tide: Gazala 1942. Liddell Hart, B. H., editor (1953). The Rommel Papers. Pimlott, John, editor (2014). Rommel: In His Own Words. Hit join to become a member and get exclusive perks https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-f2WBfSCZiu0bOBydjot3w/join Support us on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/yarnhub Check out our exclusive merch https://yarnhub-shop.fourthwall.com Join us on Discord https://discord.gg/yarnhub-1087778019822813334 00:00 Panzerarmee Afrika advance at Gazala 01:44 Desert Rats hold the line 02:47 General Erwin Rommel orders to advance 04:10 M3 Grant tanks appear on the horizon 05:48 Flak battery rushes into action 08:07 Panzer IIIs keep pressing forward 09:53 Lt. William ‘Bill’ Close meets Kümmel’s flank attack 11:38 Close’s M3 Stuart tank is knocked out 13:07 Close commandeers a new Stuart tank 14:34 British artillery support 15:08 Hauptmann Johannes Kümmel orders to halt the attack Yarnhub uses the Unreal® Engine. Unreal® is a trademark or registered trademark of Epic Games, Inc. in the United States of America and elsewhere. Unreal® Engine, Copyright 1998 – 2026, Epic Games, Inc. All rights reserved.