Table of Contents
Preface ix
Chapter 1 The Early Years 1
Chapter 2 The Great War 9
Chapter 3 The Reichswehr Years 19
Chapter 4 Blitzkrieg in France 35
Chapter 5 The Rout of the Ramans 57
Chapter 6 The Rise of the Afrika Korps 65
Chapter 7 Tabruk 83
Chapter 8 Operation Battleaxe 95
Chapter 9 The Lull 107
Chapter 10 Crusader 119
Chapter 11 Rommel Strikes Back 147
Chapter 12 The Gazala Line 155
Chapter 13 The Second Battle of Tobruk 181
Chapter 14 The First Battle of El Alamein 189
Chapter 15 Alam Halfa Ridge 201
Chapter 16 Disaster 213
Chapter 17 The Retreat and the Battle of the Tunisian Bridgehead 235
Chapter 18 Italian Interlude 259
Chapter 19 The Atlantic Wall 269
Chapter 20 D-Day 299
Chapter 21 Holding Fast 313
Chapter 22 Crumbling Fortress 323
Chapter 23 A Pitiless Destiny 337
Epilogue: What Happened to Them? 357
Bibliography 373
Appendix 1 385
Appendix 2 387
Notes 389
Index of Military Units 425
General Index 429
