Why was the capture of Tobruk crucial to Erwin Rommel's success in the Western Desert? In this episode of IWM Stories, we explore Rommel's campaign in North Africa and learn how and why he became known as The Desert Fox. Watch in full: http://bit.ly/3OfPwsM | Imperial War Museum London

On 26 May 1942, General Erwin Rommel's forces race through the Libyan desert to outflank the Allied defenses at Gazala. The African front has remained eerily quiet for nearly four months now, as both sides are recuperating from the carnage that was Operation Crusader and the subsequent counteroffensive. After those chaotic months, the frontline eventually settled on Gazala in February, some 60 kilometers west of Tobruk. . Since then, the question on everyone's mind has been: who will strike firs