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The Crucible of War: The Definitive History of the Desert War (3 volumes)
Door Barrie Pitt
Categorie | WO II |
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Boeknummer | #327671-XE1 |
Titel | The Crucible of War: The Definitive History of the Desert War (3 volumes) |
Auteur | Pitt, Barrie |
Boektype | Paperback |
Uitgeverij | London : Cassell & Co |
Jaar van uitgave | 1986 |
ISBN10 | 0304359505 |
ISBN13 | 9780304359509 |
Taal | Engels |
Beschrijving | 3 uniform paperbacks, illustrated with b/w photographs, 332+362+367 pages, 8vo. Volume 1) Wavell's Command; Volume 2) Auchinleck's Command; Volume 3) Montgomery and Alamein. ISBN 1) 9780304359509; ISBN 2) 9780304359516; ISBN 3) 9780304359523. |
Samenvatting | Volume 1) Rommel, the brilliant commander of the German Afrika Korps had finally been stopped by the British at the first battle of Alamein in July 1942. Now in this the last of the Barrie Pitt's three volume epic, Montgomery takes the field against him and in the last climatic battle once again at Alamein, it is the beginning of the end for Rommel and his Africa Korps. Volume 2) In 1941, the series of exhilarating victories in the North African Desert came to an abrupt end with the arrival of the German Afrika Korps and their brilliant commander, Rommel. The second volume carries us into the next phase of the war in the desert. The death of General O'Connor and the political intervention that led Wavell to be replaced by Auchinleck as Commander-in-Chief, to the near disaster at the F... (Lees verder)irst Battle of Alamein only averted by Auchinleck himself and the final political wrangle that meant despite this he, like Wavell, would be replaced. Volume 3) Rommel, the brilliant commander of the German Afrika Korps had finally been stopped by the British at the first battle of Alamein in July 1942. Now in this the last of the Barrie Pitt's three volume epic, Montgomery takes the field against him and in the last climatic battle once again at Alamein, it is the beginning of the end for Rommel and his Africa Korps. |
Pagina's | - |
Conditie | Goed |
Prijs | € 15,00 |
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