Point 187- Ras el Medawar- April 17, 1941

[jwsleser]

Thanks Nono

The article basically uses

Buche e croci nel deserto

as it main source so no new info on theattack. it does tell us th eoficers who volunteered for this mission.

Tony

Yes I basically agree. In all, the actions of the II/61°on the 17th was a non-attack. It would help if we could find a source that could tell us where the higher HQs thought units were located on the afternoon/evening of the 16th. That would help understand what actions were expected on the 17th.

Pista! Jeff

[Oasis]

probably in the SME Archive in Rome could be some answers, but it is not on my route at moment...

[MarkN]

Here is an account of the events from the published diaries of Major Schraepler:



At Rommel's Side: The Lost Letters of Hans Joachim Schraepler, Frontline Books, 2009
a translation of
Mon Père, l’Aide de Camp du Général Rommel, Éditions Privat, 2007

The 2 motorcycle companies mentionned here and elsewhere in the thread were 4./K.B.15 and 5./K.B.15 which had just arrived in front of Tobruk having landed in Tripoli on 11 April.

[Urmel]

That's a good book!