All Episodes
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Gazala: Episode 8 — Night of 26 May
Night of 26 May begins the campaign’s main action, as Rommel launches the attack that turns the Gazala position from a prepared defensive line into a battlefield of co...
Gazala: Episode 9 — Ariete at Bir Hakeim
Ariete at Bir Hakeim focuses on the first Axis blows against the Free French position and the surprise of meeting a defense far tougher than expected. The episode give...
Gazala: Episode 10 — Rommel Behind the Line
Rommel Behind the Line follows the Axis armored columns after their sweep around the southern flank, when British commanders suddenly faced enemy forces behind parts o...
Gazala: Episode 11 — The Cauldron
The Cauldron explains how Rommel’s exposed force behind the Gazala Line became the strange center of the battle rather than a simple trap. The episode follows the Axis...
Gazala: Episode 12 — Supply Through the Minefields
Supply Through the Minefields focuses on the desperate effort to keep Rommel’s force alive inside the Cauldron. The episode explains how engineers, convoy drivers, cle...
Gazala: Episode 13 — Hammering the Cauldron
Hammering the Cauldron follows the British attempts to crush Rommel while his force appeared trapped and vulnerable. The episode shows why repeated attacks failed to d...
Gazala: Episode 14 — Koenig Holds On
Koenig Holds On moves inside Bir Hakeim during the siege, where Free French endurance became one of the defining human stories of the campaign. The episode focuses on ...
Gazala: Episode 15 — The Great Counterattack
The Great Counterattack covers the British hope that one coordinated blow against the Cauldron could reverse the entire campaign. The episode explores the planning, pr...
Gazala: Episode 16 — When the Counterattack Broke Apart
When the Counterattack Broke Apart shows how the hoped-for British knockout blow dissolved into confusion, delay, and costly failure. The episode explains how night mo...
Gazala: Episode 17 — Rommel Regains the Initiative
Rommel Regains the Initiative marks the campaign’s psychological and operational pivot, when the British realized that Rommel was not trapped after all. The episode ex...
Gazala: Episode 18 — Breakout From Bir Hakeim
Breakout From Bir Hakeim tells the dramatic night escape of the surviving Free French garrison after their long stand at the southern end of the Gazala Line. The episo...
Gazala: Episode 19 — The Narrow Corridor
The Narrow Corridor follows Rommel’s drive east as the once-open desert battlefield began to feel compressed and deadly for the remaining British armor. The episode ex...
Gazala: Episode 20 — Knightsbridge
Knightsbridge focuses on the desert box and battlefield reference point where British command breakdown, armored attrition, and Axis pressure came together. The episod...
Gazala: Episode 21 — Black Saturday
Black Saturday covers June 13, 1942, the day British armored strength at Gazala suffered catastrophic losses and the campaign turned decisively against the Eighth Army...
Gazala: Episode 22 — The Order to Go
The Order to Go examines the decision to abandon the Gazala Line after the British mobile battle had been lost. The episode explains why fortified boxes, minefields, a...
Gazala: Episode 23 — Tobruk Left Behind
Tobruk Left Behind follows the retreat from Gazala and the dangerous consequence of leaving Tobruk isolated in the rear. The episode explains why Tobruk’s fate was ins...
Gazala: Episode 24 — Fortress or Trap?
Fortress or Trap? enters Tobruk before the final assault and examines the garrison, supplies, reputation, defensive condition, and strategic uncertainty surrounding th...
Gazala: Episode 25 — 20 June
20 June covers the Axis assault that smashed into Tobruk and turned a defended port into a crisis in a matter of hours. The episode explains how artillery, airpower, e...
Gazala: Episode 26 — Surrender and Shock
Surrender and Shock closes the season with Tobruk’s surrender on June 21, 1942, the capture of tens of thousands of prisoners, the loss of major stores, and the politi...
