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Dearest Mother and Father,
I am currently assigned to fight under Lieutenant-General Erwin Rommel in North Africa, which is where I am now. Benito Mussolini has asked for help in North Africa and Adolf Hitler has sent Rommel to command the new Deutsches Afrika Korps. The Afrika Korps is the corps-level headquarters controlling the German Panzer divisions in Libya and Egypt. Rommels lectures were published as a book on infantry tactics in 1937 and after reading his work, Hitler must have been impressed. So far weve driven out the British 8th Army from Libya. Rommel, who some call the Desert Fox, is very charismatic and thinks we can save the Italians in Tripoli. He said as long as we held the British back with force, the sooner this war would be over. Its hot here and I hate this war.
Good news, the British have given up on Cyrenaica, and we captured a prisoner yesterday, his name is OConnor or something like that. No-mans-land is chilling even in the desert and Im not sure how I can cope with the thought of killing another man. Tunisia is where what were trying to hold back on now, but things arent looking so good. Its shocking to witness so much death around me and the sicknesses that are spreading are taking out soldiers left and right. Im glad were fighting in the desert though, just because theres not much to destroy; just sand most of the time. Im not sure how much Rommel supports Hitler, but hes a damn good motivator and has been with the German Army since 1910. I miss home and will be returning shortly.
Love,
Sarah Cook
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Bibliography
Atkinson, Rick. An Army at Dawn, the War in North Africa.