General Bastico with Rommel
Rommel called him "Bomb-astico"... I think you can understand the meaning also in English :-) He didn't agree with Rommel decision to continue the offensive after the fall of Tobruk, because the strategic situation of supplies. He wanted before the conclusion of operation C3 (Malta). Strategically, Italian High Command and Kesserling looked rightly... Rommel and Hitler didn't
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