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Rommel's Desert War - The Life and Death of the Afrika Korps

By: Stackpole Books

Type: Softcover

Product Line: Military History Series (Stackpole Books)

Last Stocked on 5/29/2024

Product Info

Title
Rommel's Desert War - The Life and Death of the Afrika Korps
Publisher
Category
Author
Samuel Mitcham Jr.
Publish Year
2007
Pages
252
Dimensions
6x9x.6"
NKG Part #
2147482752
Type
Softcover

Description

In a series of battles marked by daring raids and quick-armored thrusts against a numerically superior enemy, Erwin Rommel, the notorious Desert Fox, and his Afrika Korps waged one of World War II's toughest campaigns in the North African desert in 1942. The Axis campaign climaxed in June with the recapture of Tobruk, a triumph that netted 33,000 prisoners and earned Rommel a field marshal's baton. By fall, however, after setbacks at Alam Halfa and the 2 battles of El Alamein, the Afrika Korps teetered on the brink of defeat, which would come in Tunisia 6 months later.

  • The most famous battles of one of World War II's most legendary commanders
  • Told largely from Rommel's perspective, using his papers and letters