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El Alamein by
Field-Marshal Lord Carver.
...this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end.
But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning. Winston Churchill, 10th
November 1942.
In early 1942, in the Central Mediterranean, the Axis Powers
dominated the Allied forces at sea and in the air. Tobruk fell to Rommel
in June and the Allies prepared to retreat to the Suez Canal. Disaster
seemed imminent. But then began the battles that turned the tide against
the Germans, the battles at El Alamein.
Illustrated paperback with 200 pages.
Book serial number W16. Price £7.99.
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Tobruk The Great
Siege Reassessed by Frank Harrison
Tobruk
- the longest siege in British military history, and a word that conjures
up all the dramas and tribulations of war in the Western Desert. This new
study of the action is a rare book - an analytical reassessment by a
veteran of the campaign. Frank Harrison ably combines the evocative style
of one who was there with the more dispassionate evaluation of a writer
who wants to present the whole picture.
The
volume has three principal sections: the siege, in which the Australian
9th Division held out so manfully against Rommel's Afrika Korps; the
breakout, where the British 70th Division broke clear of the fortress to
create a corridor towards an intended rendezvous with the Eighth Army; and
an important appraisal of the main opponent the Allies faced - the Desert
Fox, Erwin Rommel.
The
unstated role of the British division, the awesome battles they faced in
opening and maintaining the corridor and the support to the action
provided by the Royal Navy and RAF is clearly demonstrated and fully
described. The author brings a veteran's knowledge to his account of the
bloody conflict - the siege and the breakout - to redress the unbalanced
account that the official histories and sundry studies have provided.
Furthermore, the fresh look at Rommel - who suffered his first defeat at
Tobruk - helps the reader decide whether this famed commander was a master
strategist, an opportunist and exploiter of errors, or a self-promoter and
stimulator of the myth that surrounded him.
As
examinations of World War Two events pass from nostalgia to pure history,
this important volume will not only stand as testimony to brave Allied
defence but will add significantly to existing literature on its subject. |
Book serial number BK59. Price £12.95. Fully illustrated paperback
with 410 pages.
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Tobruk 1941
Rommel's Opening Move by Jon Latimer
In March 1941, with Wavell's British troops having routed the
Italians from Cyrenaica, General Erwin Rommel arrived in Tripoli to
command the Deutsches Afrikakorps. Over the next two years the Afrikakorps
and its commander would become legendary. In his first offensive, Rommel
swept across the desert, driving the British back to the Egyptian frontier
and capturing much of the 2nd Armoured Division in the process. One thorn
remained in his side - the vital port of Tobruk continued to resist. If it
could hold out Rommel's offensive might be halted. Wavell instructed
General Morshead and his garrison of 30,000 determined Australians to hold
at all cost. The scene was set for one of the epic struggles of the desert
war.
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Book price £11.99.
Book serial number Osprey 80.
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| Rommel's Desert Army
by Martin Windrow & Michael Roffe
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Book price £8.99. Book serial number
Osprey MA53.
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