Originally Posted by SwordsMaster
Also, this is another thing I wanted to discuss:
What if:
We set up camp in front of Alamein with our main forces, and send an armoured division south, across the hills to get to the Nile and then follow it north towards Suez, bypassing the british fortifications. Our paras should be shipped over as well, operating as 2 additional infantry divisions. That will allow us to open another front with 3 divisions: 2 para, and 1 armoured.
There are several advantages to this: Apart from the encircling effect, the brits might shift forces away from Alamein, which would allow a direct breakthrough and a dash for Alexandria. Otherwise, their reinforcements coming from the South would be effectively cutoff, and we'll be able to reach the Suez channel unexpectedly, which would severely disrupt their willingness to wage war, and might collapse their entire African Army. I mean, it is not every day you wake up with 3 divisions in the very same place you are trying to defend...
It will be tough, but hell, if Hannibal walked across the Alps, I am sure our tanks can make it. They will have to be mostly air-supplied.