This WWII pictorial history illustrates Nazi Germany’s North African
campaign, showing life under Rommel through vivid wartime photographs.
Prior to the outbreak of World War II, the German Army had focused
exclusively on preparations needed to wage war in continental Europe.
The threat of an Italian collapse in North Africa in early 1941,
however, prompted Hitler to aid his ally by sending an armored
blocking force to Libya. Not content to merely thwart the British from
capturing Tripoli, Lieutenant-General Erwin Rommel harried his
inexperienced expeditionary force eastward towards the Nile Delta.
With Rommel in the Desert presents a pictorial narrative of the
unfolding conflict from the arrival of the Deutsches Afrikakorps until
Rommel's departure from the battlefield in March 1943. These rare
wartime photographs show daily life in the desert war, with its
shifting fortunes and unique challenges. Primarily viewed from the
perspective of ordinary combatants, this is their personal record of
serving with Rommel in the desert.
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ISBN
9781473878778
Publisert
2017
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Vendor
Pen & Sword Military (ORIM)
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Product language
Engelsk
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Digital bok
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