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Description edit
This book is a key account of the Desert War. Following the campaigns of five British commanders, distinguished military historian Correlli Barnett gives a complete account of the Desert Campaign 1940-43 – the ‘pure’ warfare of tanks in a barren wasteland which gave Britain its first land... read more
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People edit
- Erwin Rommel: (1891-1944) German military officer best known for his execution of mechanized warfare.
- Harold Alexander: (1891-1969) British military officer. In August 1942 he became the commander of the Allied Forces in the Middle East, directing the major campaigns in North Africa during which Rommel’s Afrika Korps was defeated.
- Claude Auchinleck: Add a description of this character.
- Ritchie
- Alan Cunningham
- Dorman-smith
- O'connor
- Willoughby Norrie
- Archibald Wavell, 1st Earl Wavell
- Strafer Gott
- Bernard Montgomery
- Ramsden
- Winston S. Churchill
- Messervy
- Creagh
- Lumsden
- Sidi Barrani
- Galloway
- Hinsley
- Sidi Rezegh
- Godwin-austen
- Wilson
- Corbett
- Graziani
- Deir El Shein
- Benito Mussolini
- Holmes
- Leese
- Bir Hacheim
- Freyberg
- Nigel Hamilton
- Morshead
- De Guingand
- Gabr Saleh
- Alan Brooke, 1st Viscount Alanbrooke
- Adolf Hitler
- Carver
- Cruewell
- Renton
- Maddalena
- Whiteley
Setting & Locations edit
- Tobruk
- Egypt
- Cairo
- Middle East Command
- Gazala
- Greece
- London
- Benghazi
- Bardia
- Tripolitania
- Alam Haifa
- Cyrenaica
- Libya
- England
- Mersa Matruh
- New Zealanders
- Iraq
- Ultra
- India
- Persia
- North Africa
- Knightsbridge
- Britain
- Alexandria
- Mechili
- Via Balbia
- Palestine
- Afrika Korps
- Russia
- Beda Fomm
- France
- Bir Gubi
- Wellington
- Italy
- Nibeiwa
- Miteiriya Ridge
- East Africa
- Turkey
- Buerat
- Tunisia
- Germany
- Agheila
- Syria
First Sentence edit
WHEN Richard O'Connor took the field in a year of disastrous defeat his spectacular victories exhilarated his countrymen and astonished the enemy.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Correlli Barnett (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Ballantine Books New York
Country: USA
Publication Date: 1972
ISBN: 0304352802
Page Count: 352
Publisher: Ballantine Books New York
Country: USA
Publication Date: 1972
ISBN: 0304352802
Page Count: 352
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 940.5423
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