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

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

by Samuel W. Mitcham Jr.
Rommel's Desert War: The Life and Death of the Afrika Korps

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

by Samuel W. Mitcham Jr.

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Overview

The most famous battles of one of World War II's most legendary commandersTold largely from Rommel's perspective, using his papers and lettersIn 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.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780811734134
Publisher: Stackpole Books
Publication date: 08/16/2007
Series: Stackpole Military History Series
Pages: 224
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Samuel W. Mitcham, Jr., is the author of more than twenty books on World War II. He lives in Louisiana.

Table of Contents


List of Tables     vii
List of Maps     viii
Introduction     ix
Low Tide     1
Rommel Strikes Back     20
The Lull     31
The Desert Fox Strikes First     53
The Cauldron and Knightsbridge     67
The Second Battle of Tobruk     75
The Drive on Alexandria     99
The First Battle of El Alamein     108
High Tide in the Desert     124
Disaster     142
The Battle of the Tunisian Bridgehead     177
A Doomed Empire     188
Epitaph     198
German Units, Ranks, and Strengths     199
German Staff Abbreviations     200
Notes     201
Bibliography     237
Index     242
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