The UK in Exile wrote:IshCong wrote:
That's rather different than fixing the supply lines, isn't it.
indeed it is.
there are two solutions to the problem, send more supplies or use less supplies.
since A wasn't going to happen option B was the only one possible. since rommel didn't give a shit about supplies, he needed to go.
Rommel couldn't hold Africa with the supplies he had, through no real fault of his own.
Expecting a less competent commander to hold Africa with less supplies is unrealistic.