“I am very much afraid that the loss of Cyrenaica will have serious political consequences for the Duce.”

—  Ugo Cavallero

Quoted in "Der Afrikafeldzug: Rommels Wüstenkrieg 1941-1943" - Page 112 - by Franz Kurowski - World War, 1939-1945 - 1986

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