Julian, I know that, this was just a hypothetical thread, ignoring how Germany could do it, and focusing on what might happen afterwards.
If Germany has Africa and part of the Middle East under their thumb by 1941 the policy might not change to deporting them someplace there as they could do it by having them go overland through Turkey.
There was also an Einsatzgruppe standing by in Athens, ready to go to Egypt once Cairo fell, according to the Wikipedia article on those creeps. Rommel reportedly pledged full cooperation, but his chief of staff, Bayerlein, probably informed Rommel that he had no choice in the matter. Bayerlein had been Guderian's Operations Officer in the early weeks of Barbarossa, and no doubt knew what these....squads were up to.
That is a joke. Rommel's plan for the two front war against the British and Americans was to try to take Egypt and the Port of Alexandra and defend it from attacks from the West by the Americans and East by the British 8th Army.
He didn't even know the policy towards the Jews had changed from deportation to genocide until late 1943 which led to an interesting talk with Hitler when he got home from Africa about bringing Jews into the German government.
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