On the morning of November 10, General Rundstedt, commander of German Army Group E, arrived at the Port of Kuwait. Today was the day the advance units of the 21st Army Corps were due to arrive, and as the Army Group Commander, General Rundstedt naturally had to inspect his own troops. As the only general who had not risen from the post of an Army Corps commander to become an Army Group Commander, he was under considerable pressure.
General Rundstedt hoped that his orders could reach the troops below without reservation, which required the full cooperation of those Army Corps commanders. Therefore, he hoped to build good relationships with them.
Not long after General Rundstedt arrived, Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah, the Emir of the Kingdom of Kuwait, also arrived at the port.
As the monarch of a protectorate of the German Empire, Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah appeared exceedingly humble. After all, a monarch of a small country like Kuwait had absolutely nothing to be proud of before senior German military officers. Although Kuwait had developed rapidly and become quite wealthy in recent years through oil extraction, that amounted to nothing in the eyes of German generals.
"Commander, having learned that the Empire's powerful army would arrive today, I presumptuously came to witness the Imperial Army's majestic bearing. I hope I am not disturbing you?" Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah asked with a smile on his face.
"Your Majesty the Emir, welcome! Thank you to the Kingdom of Kuwait for the preparations you made earlier," General Rundstedt said.
Before the German 21st Army Corps and 22nd Army Corps arrived, the Kingdom of Kuwait had already completed its preparations. They had prepared sufficiently large barracks so the German military could first acclimate to Kuwait's climate and environment before proceeding to the front. However, because the war