Following the losing Cyrenaica, Italy asked for a German intervention, including in February 1941 the initial troops of the that has been to become the famous Deutsche Afrika Korps led by General Erwin Rommel was indeed sent to North Africa. The troops concerning the Axis in a couple of months took back Cyrenaica and Tobruk, and advanced into Egypt. Constantly brief on supplies, these individuals had been beaten by the 8th British Army at El Alamein. The excess stress brought on by the United states arrival in Morocco forced the Afrika Korps to slowly retreat in Tunisia during 1943.