Gazala: Episode 7 — The Boxes
The Boxes explains how the British defensive positions at Gazala were supposed to work, and why the system was so difficult to execute under battlefield pressure. The episode shows how each fortified box depended on minefields, anti-tank guns, artillery, infantry, engineers, supplies, and mobile armored support. Gazala was neither a static trench front nor a pure maneuver battle; it was an unstable mixture of both, and that made timing and coordination absolutely decisive. Produced by Trackpads.com.
