After insufficient Cyrenaica, Italy asked for a German intervention, plus in February 1941 1st troops for the thing which has been to get to get to be the famous Deutsche Afrika Korps led by General Erwin Rommel have been brought to North Africa. The troops the Axis in a couple of months took back Cyrenaica and Tobruk, and more impressive range into Egypt. Constantly brief on materials, these were beaten by the 8th British Army at El Alamein. The extra anxiety as a result of united states arrival in Morocco forced the Afrika Korps to slowly retreat in Tunisia during 1943.