"The Defeat of the Ariete Division" Topic
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Tango01 | 28 Mar 2020 3:19 p.m. PST |
"NEW Zealand Division's destruction of the Italian Ariete Armoured Division on 3 July is an outstanding episode in the Dominion's military history. The victory had wider repercussions than those felt immediately on the battlefield, where it was wrongly ascribed by the Germans as the principal cause of Afrika Korps' further defeat. It seriously disconcerted both Germans and Italians and made the latter more fearful in subsequent conflicts with the New Zealanders. It increased German distrust of the fighting qualities of their allies and Italian cynicism concerning Rommel's leadership. It was also possibly one of the main factors which led Rommel to plan an operation with the sole purpose of eliminating the New Zealand Division. The story of the occasion is best told in the perspective of the battle as a whole. Overnight, the mobile forces of both armies lay close to their last battle positions of the previous day. First Armoured Division was about a mile and a half west of Alam Baoshaza, with 22 Brigade on the eastern end of Ruweisat Ridge and 4 Brigade in the lower ground to the south. Seventh Motor Brigade was a little farther to the south and roughly in line with the armoured brigades. The New Zealand column was on Alam Nayil, with its batteries deployed on the reverse slope and observation posts on the crest of the ridge…" Main page link Amicalement Armand |
Legion 4 | 29 Mar 2020 8:50 a.m. PST |
IIRC all 3 of the Italian Armored Divs. were destroyed in NA … Interestingly none even made it to the Italian Forces in Russia. Where they most likely would have been destroyed there as well as along with most of the other Italian units in the East. |
Tango01 | 29 Mar 2020 3:16 p.m. PST |
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