Desert War In North Africa
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Author |
: Stephen W. Sears |
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: |
Total Pages |
: 0 |
Release |
: 2006 |
ISBN-10 |
: 1596873019 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9781596873018 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (19 Downloads) |
Synopsis Desert War in North Africa by : Stephen W. Sears
A compelling study of the fierce Second World War campaign illustrates whyhe strategy of the Axis powers failed in the struggle for the North Africanoast during World War II and profiles the important roles of such militaryeaders as Rommel and Montgomery. Reprint.
Author |
: Stephen W. Sears |
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: |
Total Pages |
: 158 |
Release |
: 1967 |
ISBN-10 |
: STANFORD:36105080711810 |
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: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (10 Downloads) |
Synopsis Desert War in North Africa by : Stephen W. Sears
THE STORY OF THAT SEESAW WAR FROM SEPTEMBER, 1940, WHEN THE ITALIAN ARMY INVADED EGYPT UNTIL MAY 1943 WHEN THE COMBINED BRITISH AND AMERICAN FORCES DROVE THE AXIS DESERT ARMY INTO TUNISIA AND FORCED ITS SURRENDER. THE BOOK CONTAINS 114 ILLUSTRATIONS.
Author |
: Alan Moorehead |
Publisher |
: Penguin Paperbacks |
Total Pages |
: 660 |
Release |
: 2001 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0140275142 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780140275148 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (42 Downloads) |
Synopsis Desert War by : Alan Moorehead
"North Africa was the site of some of the most volatile battles of World War II. For journalist Alan Moorehead, it was war in its purest form, "a knight's tournament in empty space."" "In Desert War, which includes the complete texts of The Mediterranean Front, A Year of Battle, and The End of Africa, Moorehead writes about what he saw. He recounts with dazzling prose and intimate detail the heroes and legends, the soldiers and prisoners, the military strategies, the strengths and weaknesses of those involved, and portraits of generals Rommel, Montgomery, and Patton. Woven throughout are observations on the landscape, the Mediterranean shores and the vast desert, which inevitably played a role in shaping the battles. For Moorehead, "desert warfare resembled war at sea. Men moved by compass. No position was static. Each truck or tank was as individual as a destroyer."" "Written by a man who lived and breathed the conflict in North Africa during World War II, Desert War is a eyewitness account and an inspired piece of writing by a master of his craft."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
Author |
: Alan Moorehead |
Publisher |
: Aurum Press |
Total Pages |
: 0 |
Release |
: 2017-03-08 |
ISBN-10 |
: 1781316732 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9781781316733 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (32 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Desert War by : Alan Moorehead
Alan Moorehead was a peerless war correspondent who covered the entire war in North Africa from 1940-1943. The trilogy of books he wrote on the prolonged battles between Montgomery's Eighth Army and Rommel's Afrika Corps immediately drew universal acclaim, and remains and epic account as extraordinary now as it was then. This reissue of Alan Moorehead's classic trilogy on the North Africa campaign 1940-1943 will coinide with the 75th anniversary of the Battles for El Alamein in July and October 1942.
Author |
: Alan Moorehead |
Publisher |
: Aurum |
Total Pages |
: 839 |
Release |
: 2013-04-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781781311066 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1781311064 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (66 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Desert War by : Alan Moorehead
The seminal account of the battle between Montgomery’s Eighth Army and Rommel’s Afrika Corps, amidst the endless harsh wastes of the Western Desert. In 1940, Alan Moorehead was sent to cover the North Africa campaign by the Daily Express, and he followed its dramatic course all the way to 1943. The three books he subsequently wrote about the Desert War – later collected as his ‘African Trilogy’ – were swiftly acclaimed as a classic account of the tussle between Montgomery’s Eighth Army and Rommel’s Afrika Corps, under the beating sun of the Egyptian Sahara's Western Desert. Moorehead was responsible for the celebrated insight that tank battles in the desert are like battles at sea, the lumbering tanks like ships lost in a vast ocean of sand. The New Statesman could not have put it better when it described his achievement with this riveting book: ‘There is something of genius in the breadth and penetration of his vision, which encompasses the whole panorama of war and then narrows it down to the particular: the soldier stubbing out his cigarette before going into action, the expression on a tank commander’s face as he is hit… The story of the African campaigns will go down in history as one of the great epics of mankind, largely thanks to Mr Moorehead’s account.’
Author |
: Martin Kitchen |
Publisher |
: Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages |
: 618 |
Release |
: 2009-09-03 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0521509718 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780521509718 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (18 Downloads) |
Synopsis Rommel's Desert War by : Martin Kitchen
At the height of his power in January 1941 Hitler made the fateful decision to send troops to North Africa to save the beleaguered Italian army from defeat. Martin Kitchen's masterful history of the Axis campaign provides a fundamental reassessment of the key battles of 1941-3, Rommel's generalship, and the campaign's place within the broader strategic context of the war. He shows that the British were initially helpless against the operational brilliance of Rommel's Panzer divisions. However Rommel's initial successes and refusal to follow orders committed the Axis to a campaign well beyond their means. Without the reinforcements or supplies he needed to deliver a knockout blow, Rommel was forced onto the defensive and Hitler's Mediterranean strategy began to unravel. The result was the loss of an entire army which together with defeat at Stalingrad signalled a decisive shift in the course of the war.
Author |
: Stephen W. Sears |
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: |
Total Pages |
: |
Release |
: 1967 |
ISBN-10 |
: OCLC:911247696 |
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: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (96 Downloads) |
Synopsis Desert War in North Africa by : Stephen W. Sears
Author |
: Glyn Harper |
Publisher |
: Indiana University Press |
Total Pages |
: 301 |
Release |
: 2017-06-06 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780253031433 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0253031435 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (33 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Battle for North Africa by : Glyn Harper
“A well-researched and highly readable account of one of World War II’s most important ‘turning point’ battles.” —Jerry D. Morelock, Senior Editor at HistoryNet.com In the early years of World War II, Germany shocked the world with a devastating blitzkrieg, rapidly conquered most of Europe, and pushed into North Africa. As the Allies scrambled to counter the Axis armies, the British Eighth Army confronted the experienced Afrika Corps, led by German field marshal Erwin Rommel, in three battles at El Alamein. In the first battle, the Eighth Army narrowly halted the advance of the Germans during the summer of 1942. However, the stalemate left Nazi troops within striking distance of the Suez Canal, which would provide a critical tactical advantage to the controlling force. War historian Glyn Harper dives into the story, vividly narrating the events, strategies, and personalities surrounding the battles and paying particular attention to the Second Battle of El Alamein, a crucial turning point in the war that would be described by Winston Churchill as “the end of the beginning.” Moving beyond a simple narrative of the conflict, The Battle for North Africa tackles critical themes, such as the problems of coalition warfare, the use of military intelligence, the role of celebrity generals, and the importance of an all-arms approach to modern warfare.
Author |
: Alan Moorehead |
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: |
Total Pages |
: |
Release |
: 1968 |
ISBN-10 |
: OCLC:1023136945 |
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: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (45 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Desert War by : Alan Moorehead
Author |
: David Brock Katz |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 352 |
Release |
: 2019 |
ISBN-10 |
: 1928248071 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9781928248071 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (71 Downloads) |
Synopsis South Africans Versus Rommel by : David Brock Katz