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Originally Posted by MontyB Oddly enough I have long wondered whether he wouldn't have done a lot better being let loose in Russia where his attacking flair could have been managed and supported better, army group south may have been the ideal spot for him. |
Actually I wouldn't have stuck him in AGS under Paul von Kleist, who was not really an armour man and wouldn't have known how to handle Rommel. Any of the other 3 Panzergruppes would have been fine as they were commanded by experienced armour men who understood how to use armour properly. That said, there would be no way that Rommel could just thrust and thrust without any concern for either his flanks or his logistical supply in Russia. The numbers of enemy forces in Russia were several orders of magnitude greater than those found in North Africa and flanks
had to be safeguarded. To do otherwise would have been operational suicide.