In early 1941, British forces believed the North African campaign was won. Then Erwin Rommel landed in Tripoli. Within weeks, ...
From April to December 1941, the port of Tobruk withstood Rommel’s siege. Australian and British troops, cut off and ...
American soldiers dug foxholes into the ridgeline at Djebel Chambi. They had only arrived in North Africa a few weeks ago and faced light resistance from Vichy French troops. The infamous Afrika Korps ...
New York: Cambridge University Press, 2009. Pp. xvii, 598. Illus., maps, notes, biblio., index. $38.00. ISBN: 978-0-521-50971-8. Although blurbed as, among other ...