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The Battle of Gazala...weather?....
Joker
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Posted: Saturday, January 10, 2009 - 02:11 PM UTC
Hi All,

Wondering what the weather would have been like during the battle. It does take place from May to June of 1942 so one would expect it to hot as hell, but?..

The reason is should my Afrika Korps troops be in shorts or overcoats.

I'm sure someone will be snickering when they see this, but I did try and Google etc. and found nothing

Thanks for your time

Pete
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Posted: Sunday, February 01, 2009 - 09:54 AM UTC

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Hi All,

Wondering what the weather would have been like during the battle. It does take place from May to June of 1942 so one would expect it to hot as hell, but?..

The reason is should my Afrika Korps troops be in shorts or overcoats.

I'm sure someone will be snickering when they see this, but I did try and Google etc. and found nothing

Thanks for your time

Pete



From memory it was horrendous storms and bitter rain. I am reading about the raid on Rommel which took place on the eve of Gazala and it appears that the weather was attrocious across that month.
Al
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