Rommel's Desert War - Waging World War II in North Africa, 1941-1943

Informationen zum Autor Martin Kitchen is Professor Emeritus in the Department of History, Simon Fraser University. His previous publications include The Third Reich: Charisma and Community (2007), A History of Modern Germany, 1800-2000 (2006) and Europe Between the Wars, 2nd edition (2006). Klappentext Comprehensive new history of the Axis campaign in North Africa within the broader strategic context of the Second World War. Zusammenfassung The first comprehensive English-language history of the Axis campaign in North Africa offers an account of the battles of 1941–3, Rommel's generalship, the divisions that undermined the Axis coalition and the place of the campaign within the broader strategic context of the war. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; 1. Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy; 2. Germany intervenes in North Africa; 3. Tobruk: the first round; 4. Counterattack; 5. Withdrawal; 6. On the offensive again; 7. Tobruk; 8. El Alamein: the first round; 9. El Alamein: defeat; 10. Torch; 11. The retreat from Mersa el Brega; 12. Tunisgrad.

Product details

• Authors: Martin Kitchen
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.08.2009
• EAN: 9780521509718
• ISBN: 978-0-521-50971-8
• Dimensions: 158 mm x 235 mm x 32 mm
• Series: Cambridge Military Histories; Cambridge Military Histories (
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > 20th century (up to 1945); Non-fiction book