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Eighth Army Soldier vs Italian Soldier - El Alamein 1942

Inglese · Tascabile

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Fully illustrated, this absorbing study assesses the Commonwealth and Italian infantrymen pitted against one another during the First and Second battles of El Alamein in 1942. By July 1942, the Allied troops fighting in North Africa, the multinational Eighth Army, had withdrawn to the El Alamein line, the last position stopping their German and Italian opponents from reaching the Suez Canal. Featuring full-colour artwork, carefully chosen archive photographs and incisive analysis, this book casts light on the Commonwealth and Italian infantrymen who participated in the seesaw battle for control of the North African coastline as it entered its decisive phase, played out over two bloody engagements during July-October 1942. Although Allied and Axis commanders saw armour as the decisive weapon in the Desert War, the infantry fielded by both sides would be key to the outcomes of the two El Alamein battles. While the majority of the 96,000 Axis troops at the first battle were Italian, mostly infantry, Commonwealth forces provided the greater part of Eighth Army''s fighting strength. During the First Battle of El Alamein in July 1942, Italian infantry units clashed with Indian troops at Ruweisat Ridge and Australian forces at Makh Khad Ridge; both battles are assessed in this book, along with the defence mounted by New Zealand troops at Miteiriya Ridge during the Second Battle of El Alamein that October.>

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Autori David Greentree, Greentree David
Con la collaborazione di Adam Hook (Illustrazione), Hook Adam (Illustrazione)
Editore Osprey Publishers
 
Lingue Inglese
Formato Tascabile
Pubblicazione 24.10.2024
 
EAN 9781472863416
ISBN 978-1-4728-6341-6
Pagine 80
Dimensioni 182 mm x 246 mm x 8 mm
Serie Combat
Categorie Saggistica > Storia > Altro

Commonwealth of Nations, HISTORY / Military / Pictorial, Italy, c 1938 to c 1946 (World War Two period), North Africa, Battles & campaigns, c 1939 to c 1945 (including WW2), Land forces & warfare, Battles and campaigns, The Commonwealth, Specific battles, Land forces and warfare

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