Dimensions
156 x 235 x 31mm
The Definitive History of the Desert War Volume II.
Throughout the first half of the Second World War, control of the inhospitable North African desert was strategically vital for the Allies. In early 1941, the routing of Italy's armies had brought Rommel and the Afrika Korps into the arena, and the Desert Fox was quick to reverse the Allied gains.
The new British C-in-C, Auchinleck, was an excellent soldier, but his choice of field commanders proved unfortunate: the Afrika Korps regularly outfought them. Rommel was only stopped at the first battle of Alamein in July 1941 when Auchinleck intervened personally to assume command. The immediate threat to Egypt was halted, but the outlook remained grim.
