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Title: Hitler’s War in Africa 1941-1942: The Road to Cairo
Author: MITCHELHILL-GREEN DAVID
Format: HARDCOVER
Publication date: 28/08/2021
Imprint: PEN & SWORD
Price: $60.00
Publishing status: Active
Adolf Hitler’s war in Africa arose from the urgent need to reinforce the Italian dictator, Benito Mussolini, whose 1940 invasion of Egypt had been soundly beaten. Of secondary importance to his ideological dream of conquering the Soviet Union, Germany’s Führer rushed a small mechanised force into the unfamiliar North African theatre to stave off defeat and avert any political fallout.
This fresh account begins with the arrival of the largely unprepared German formations, soon to be stricken by disease and heavily reliant upon captured materiel, as they fought a bloody series of see-sawing battles across the Western Desert.
David Mitchelhill-Green has gathered a wealth of personal narratives from both sides as he follows the brash exploits of General Erwin Rommel, intent on retaking Libya; the Nile firmly in his sights. Against this backdrop is the brutal human experience of war itself.
32 b/w illustrations
ISBN: 9781526744364
Dimension: 234mm X 156mm