In North Africa, Erwin Rommel, which already excelled in the Blitzkrieg invasion of France in 1940, used the same tactics in the desert campaign, but he was crippled by lack of fuel and supplies, by superior enemy air power, and by having too few tanks.

• 在北非，1940年就曾在闪电入侵法国中表现出色的隆美尔在沙漠战役中使用了同样的策略，但是燃油和补给的缺乏，敌人强大的空中优势和过少的坦克使他最终不得不面对失败。