Massacre At Tobruk - The British Assault on Rommel, 1942

Informationen zum Autor Peter C. Smith is a well-known authority on the history of dive-bombing and is the author of over sixty naval history books that are published on four continents. He currently lives with his wife and two Labradors in Bedfordshire, England. Klappentext Minute-by-minute account of the offensive. Covers both the British attackers and the German defenders. Explains how and why the assault failed so badly. Zusammenfassung By September 1942, Erwin Rommel’s Afrika Korps stood perilously close to breaking through to Cairo and the Nile. The Desert Fox had captured Tobruk three months earlier and turned the city into a vital Axis supply port.

Product details

• Authors: Peter C. Smith
• Publisher: Stackpole Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.04.2008
• EAN: 9780811734745
• ISBN: 978-0-8117-3474-5
• No. of pages: 236
• Series: Stackpole Military History; Stackpole Military History Series; Stackpole Military History
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous