The Mareth Line 1943: The end in Africa

The Mareth Line 1943: The end in Africa

The Mareth Line 1943: The end in Africa

The Mareth Line 1943: The end in Africa

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Overview

The battle of El Alamein saw the shattering of Germany's hopes for victory in North Africa and from this point on the end was inevitable. In the six months that passed before the final surrender there was much hard fighting, as the defeated German and Italian armies sought to hold off the encroaching Eighth Army. Rommel, his health suffering, fought a number of major actions during this campaign before his forces settled into the pre-war French defensive position the Mareth Line. All the way he was pursued by an increasingly confident Eighth Army under the command of General Montgomery, although he was unable to outflank the retreating German and Italian forces decisively, and Rommel was even able to divert forces to inflict a sharp defeat on the newly arrived US forces at Kasserine Pass in February 1943. This was one of Rommel's last acts in the Desert War as his health problems forced his return to Germany shortly afterwards. The stage was now set for the last great battle of the Desert War as the veteran formations of the British Eighth Army took on their foes in the Afrikakorps for one last time in the major set-piece battle for the Mareth Line.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781782002994
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Publication date: 10/20/2012
Series: Campaign , #250
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 96
File size: 19 MB
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About the Author

Ken Ford was born in Hampshire in 1943. He trained as an engineer and spent almost 30 years in the telecommunications industry before a change in career led him to become a full-time military historian. He is the author of over 20 books on various aspects of World War II. Ken now lives in Southampton.
Steve Noon was born in Kent, UK, and attended art college in Cornwall. He's had a life-long passion for illustration, and since 1985 has worked as a professional artist. He has provided award-winning illustrations for the publishers Dorling Kindersley, where his interest in historical illustration began. Steve has illustrated over 70 books for Osprey.

Table of Contents

Origins of the Battle 5

Chronology 9

Opposing Commanders 11

British commanders

Axis commanders

Opposing Armies 16

British forces

Axis forces

Orders of battle

Opposing Plans 22

British plans

Axis plans

The Pursuit After El Alamein 27

The Mareth Line 44

The position at Mareth

The battle of Medenine

Assaulting the Mareth Line

The break-in attack

The New Zealand Corps' left hook

Forcing the Tebaga Gap

The End in Africa 87

The Battlefield Today 93

Further Reading and Bibliography 94

Index 95

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