The Battles of El Alamein: The End of the Beginning

"This book is a modeler's dream . . . [it] brings to the fore the story of one of the most pivotal battles of the Second World War." —Jon Sandison, military historian

The early battles of North Africa between the Axis powers and the British Commonwealth and her European allies were among the very last clashes of chivalry. At the small town of El Alamein belligerents met and fought, on two occasions, for overall control of both Egypt and the Suez in the latter half of 1942. For the Allies, th...