Although the officers and soldiers of the other army were not on Krim's punishment list, some American prisoners of war, after learning about the fate of their comrades in the 2nd Army, feared that they would suffer the same fate and launched a riot. As a result, they were all punished early.
The prepared Arab army suppressed it on the spot. According to later statistics, more than 7,000 American prisoners of war died in the "Rashidiya Massacre". Including the 2nd Army officers and soldiers who had been buried alive, there were more than 45,000 American prisoners in total.
Prisoners of war died violent deaths.
Afterwards, Krim also invited the European (of course, mainly Germany and Italy and other Axis countries) media to report the causes and consequences of the incident, which caused huge waves in the world. However, the domestic response in the United States was different from what was expected.
U.S. lawmakers were very excited about this. You must know that even when the United States was still very weak during the War of Independence, no enemy dared to treat captured American officers and soldiers like this. Therefore, the U.S. Congress rarely unanimously supported Roosevelt in sending more troops to North Africa.
Special value
It is worth mentioning that Roosevelt also took advantage of the general excitement among the congressmen and used the opportunity to include the Soviet Union among the aid targets of the "Concession Act". The U.S. aid that Stalin had been waiting for for a long time finally arrived, although because of
It takes time to adjust the production and transportation plans. In addition, Roosevelt was also a little worried that the Soviet Union would not be able to survive the collapse. He needed to see the determination of the Soviet people to resist. Therefore, the first batch of aid materials to the Soviet Union would not be available until the second quarter of 1943 at the earliest.
Shipped to the Soviet Union
The rising voice in the United States to denounce the "crimes" of Krem and the Axis Powers has prevented Patton, the initial trigger of the incident, from receiving too many attacks. Well, some people criticized him at first, but he was soon followed.
The "government" American media branded you a "traitor" like "you actually spoke for the enemy". So very few people soon focused on this matter anymore.
In addition, Eisenhower believed that today is the time to employ people, and General Patton is rare. He insisted on taking a lot of blame to save Patton. For this reason, Eisenhower was forced to return to the country for questioning, and the position of Commander-in-Chief of the Allied Forces in North Africa was
The Englishman Montgomery took over. By the way, at about the same time that the captured officers and soldiers of the U.S. 2nd Army were ordered to be buried alive by Krim
, Montgomery led reinforcements composed of 160,000 British troops and 40,000 Commonwealth troops (including 30,000 Canadian troops and 10,000 troops from British overseas territories or Commonwealth member states on both sides of the Atlantic such as South Africa.)
Landed on the land of North Africa. Because the number of British troops was larger, it was natural for him to serve as the supreme commander of the North African Allied Forces.
The first thing Montgomery did after arriving in North Africa was not to counterattack immediately. Instead, he asked 300,000 Allied troops to desperately strengthen the fortifications. As a result, Krim just wanted to remove this nail and launched a large-scale attack. The Allied forces relied on the repaired fortifications to struggle.
The enemy was driven back, and morale was restored. However, what dissatisfied Eisenhower, who had just returned from the United States to serve as deputy and brought 200,000 reinforcements, was that the total strength of the Allied forces in North Africa had already been
has increased to more than 600,000 (British troops have increased again), but Montgomery continues to strengthen the defense. The reason is that in order to avoid the so-called sacrifice of soldiers, the Allies must ensure an absolute advantage in strength and firepower, and now the North African axis
The total number of Soviet troops was no less than one million, and the Allies needed at least 2 million men to start a counterattack. He also said to Eisenhower, "You Americans ruined an army of 200,000 because you were not cautious enough."
Eisenhower had suffered a major defeat before and was not confident enough, but he still argued with him. After all, if 2 million troops were really piled up on this coast, all logistical supplies would have to be shipped by sea. This would be too expensive.
You must know that the money is all provided by the US "government"! As a result, although Eisenhower tried his best, Montgomery still insisted on having more than 1 million troops with more than 3,000 aircraft and more than 5,000 tanks.
Krim's armored vehicles and self-propelled artillery, and at the same time, sufficient supplies must be ensured before a large-scale counterattack can be carried out. He once again exposed Eisenhower's scars and said, "Krim's regular army in North Africa does only have two or three hundred thousand soldiers left, but under his leadership, North Africa's
The combat effectiveness of the militia is not weaker than that of the regular army. If you underestimate them, you will be defeated! And there are 200,000 people in Rommel's African Corps. They are all elite (Rommel is about to cry) regular troops.
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However, Klim and Rommel also hated Montgomery with their teeth. With his strict defense, coupled with the strength of the troops that clearly exceeded the Axis offensive forces (Note 1), it was simply "a mouse pulling a turtle, pulling the turtle from the bottom."
." And if the Allied forces continue to increase their troops like this, they will eventually become so powerful that they
The degree to which they could not compete was particularly worrisome because Montgomery was desperately building a field airport. Once these were completed, a large number of Allied aircraft would soon transfer here, and the already weakening air supremacy of the Axis powers in Morocco would be inevitable.
It is difficult to protect, and the Allied forces will be even more powerful, which will be even more difficult to deal with in the future.
Moreover, Montgomery was not just unable to retreat. He also called the British "government" to seize the golden opportunity of Krim's return to Morocco, incite anti-Krim forces in the Arab Federation, especially in West Asia, and attack them.
Providing support in terms of weapons and medicine and personnel training (including troops and spies), with excellent results
As a result, the Saudi Wahhabi sect, which had been suppressed by Krem before (which is also the main source of Islamic extremism in the world and even in China), has emerged and joined hands with the remnants of the Saudi royal family who were deposed by Krem to launch an unprecedented
A large-scale rebellion began, and it was supported by a large number of tribal chiefs in Saudi Arabia, and it soon became a climate.
What is particularly worth mentioning is that the hidden secrets they had previously lurked in the Krim army (mainly garrisons in West Asia) were activated at the same time, resulting in many middle and senior Arab generals being assassinated and either killed or injured, and even a few of them.
Their successful instigation of rebellion plunged Krim's army in West Asia into unprecedented chaos.
During the chaos. Since the rebel leaders had deep roots in West Asia, and Krim himself was far away in Morocco at the time, and there were no outstanding talents under his command who could take charge of their own affairs, many Arab garrison troops were also bewitched by him.
However, even more troops rebelled and were stabbed in the back by their comrades, and the situation further spiraled out of control.[
Note 1: Although the North African militia and volunteers from other places came in large numbers, the logistical capabilities of the Arab League determined that Klim could only put a maximum of 300,000 people into the attack at the same time. This was on the premise of saving "medicine" as much as possible.
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