Germany to Africa, how?

[molinar13]

How did the desert fox originally get to North Africa? Did Germany use Italian transports, or did they have a Naval Base in Southern France?

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[ABWorsham4]

@molinar13:

How did the desert fox originally get to North Africa? Did Germany use Italian transports, or did they have a Naval Base in Southern France?

P.S. I get better answers here than a darn search engine, so thanks again in advance  :-)

Rommel flew to North Africa.

[221B Baker Street]

The Germans called this Operation Sonnenblume.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Sonnenblume

Rommel did arrive by airplane, but most of the people and equipment arrived by ship.

[legion3]

Most of the transports and escort ships used to ferry men and supplies were Italian ships or in some cases captured French and Greek freighters.

the German navy had very little surface forces in the Med.