Panzer tanks of Erwin Rommel's Africa Corps during an advance against British armed forces. Libya, 1941-1942. Photograph »

Lieutenant General (later Field Marshal) Erwin Rommel commanded German forces during the campaign in North Africa. Libya, 1941. Photograph »

General Bernard L. Montgomery, commander of British forces in Egypt, watches British tanks move toward German lines during the military campaign in North Africa. November 1942. Photograph »