Following a lull in the desert war which saw the Germans and British reinforce their armies, Rommel suddenly attacked British fortifications with an assault on the northern sector of the British line near Gazala. Pinning down the British in the north and outflanking the 1st Free French Brigade, Rommel succeeded in encircling the main British positions, trapping them in what became known as 'The Cauldron'. With thousands of British soldiers killed or taken prisoner, this was a devastating defeat for the Allies. Accompanied by contemporary photographs and maps depicting the movement of both armies, Ken Ford provides a masterful study of Rommel, the 'Desert Fox', at the height of his powers during World War II (1939-1945), as he swept the British army back to the site of their final stand at El Alamein.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN-10
1846035007
ISBN-13
9781846035005
eBay Product ID (ePID)
78358062
Product Key Features
Book Title
Operation Crusader 1941 : Rommel in Retreat
Author
Ken Ford
Illustrator
White, John, Yes
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Military / World War II
Book Series
Campaign Ser.
Publication Year
2010
Genre
History
Number of Pages
96 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9.6 in
Item Height
0.2 in
Item Width
7.3 in
Item Weight
9.9 Oz
Additional Product Features
Series Volume Number
220
Lc Classification Number
D766.82
Edition Description
Digital Original
Table of Content
Origins of the campaign/Chronology/Opposing commanders/Opposing armies/Orders of battle/Opposing plans/Operation Crusader/Aftermath/The battlefield today/Further reading/Index