| Gazala 1942: Rommel's Greatest Victory Contributor(s): Ford, Ken (Author), White, John (Illustrator) |
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ISBN: 1846032644 ISBN-13: 9781846032646 Publisher: Osprey Publishing (UK) OUR PRICE: $22.50 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2008 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Europe - Germany - History | Europe - Great Britain - General |
| Dewey: 940.542 |
| Series: Campaign |
| Physical Information: 0.38" H x 7.2" W x 9.82" (0.68 lbs) 96 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1940's - Cultural Region - North Africa - Cultural Region - British Isles - Cultural Region - Germany |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Gazala was Rommel's greatest victory in World War II (1939-1945). After a period of stalemate in the desert war, during which both the British Eighth Army and the Afrika Korps had rested and regrouped, he carried out a daring flanking movement around the strong Allied defensive position. The British command could not match Rommel's masterly co-ordination of armor, artillery and infantry, even when encircled in an area that became known as the Cauldron, and his outstanding generalship and a timely break-through by his Italian troops enabled him to win a clear victory after 16 days of fierce fighting. However, although the strategically important town of Tobruk quickly fell, Gazala was actually a high-water mark and failure to break the British at Alam Halfa two months later was followed by defeat for the over-extended Afrika Korps by the greatly strengthened Eighth Army at El Alamein. In this important addition to the Campaign series' coverage of the North African desert war, regular contributor Ken Ford vividly portrays the Desert Fox at the height of his powers. |