The Battle for North Africa - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Battle for North Africa write by Glyn Harper. This book was released on 2017-06-06. The Battle for North Africa available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. “A well-researched and highly readable account of one of World War II’s most important ‘turning point’ battles.” —Jerry D. Morelock, Senior Editor at HistoryNet.com In the early years of World War II, Germany shocked the world with a devastating blitzkrieg, rapidly conquered most of Europe, and pushed into North Africa. As the Allies scrambled to counter the Axis armies, the British Eighth Army confronted the experienced Afrika Corps, led by German field marshal Erwin Rommel, in three battles at El Alamein. In the first battle, the Eighth Army narrowly halted the advance of the Germans during the summer of 1942. However, the stalemate left Nazi troops within striking distance of the Suez Canal, which would provide a critical tactical advantage to the controlling force. War historian Glyn Harper dives into the story, vividly narrating the events, strategies, and personalities surrounding the battles and paying particular attention to the Second Battle of El Alamein, a crucial turning point in the war that would be described by Winston Churchill as “the end of the beginning.” Moving beyond a simple narrative of the conflict, The Battle for North Africa tackles critical themes, such as the problems of coalition warfare, the use of military intelligence, the role of celebrity generals, and the importance of an all-arms approach to modern warfare.
The Battle of Alamein
The Battle of Alamein - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Battle of Alamein write by John Bierman. This book was released on 2002. The Battle of Alamein available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. "The picture is large in scope, juxtaposing the designs and delusions of grand strategy against the courage, chaos, and confusion of individuals in combat. At Alamein, Nazi Germany's hitherto unbroken succession of land victories was finally reversed, and the mightiest war machine the world had ever seen suffered its first major defeat. This riveting account is military history at its absolute best."--BOOK JACKET.
El Alamein
El Alamein - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook El Alamein write by Bryn Hammond. This book was released on 2012-06-20. El Alamein available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. El Alamein, Britain's victory in the deserts of North Africa in 1942, was the first major reversal of fortunes for Hitler's Third Reich. Before the Battle of El Alamein in 1942, the British had never won a major battle on land against the Germans; nor indeed had anyone else. Drawing on a remarkable array of first-hand accounts, this book reveals the personal experiences of those on the frontline and provides fascinating details of how the war was actually fought. It also includes analysis of the strategic decisions made by the generals. El Alamein is the story of exactly how a seemingly beaten and demoralized army turned near-defeat into victory in a little over four months of protracted and bloody fighting in the harsh North African desert.
What Ifs of Jewish History
What Ifs of Jewish History - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook What Ifs of Jewish History write by Gavriel D. Rosenfeld. This book was released on 2016-09-08. What Ifs of Jewish History available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Counterfactual history of the Jewish past inviting readers to explore how the course of Jewish history might have been different.
Destiny in the Desert
Destiny in the Desert - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Destiny in the Desert write by Jonathan Dimbleby. This book was released on 2012-10-15. Destiny in the Desert available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. It was the British victory at the Battle of El Alamein in November 1942 that inspired one of Winston Churchill's most famous aphorisms: 'This is not the end, it is not even the beginning of the end, but it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning'. And yet the significance of this episode remains unrecognised. In this thrilling historical account, Jonathan Dimbleby describes the political and strategic realities that lay behind the battle, charting the nail-biting months that led to the victory at El Alamein in November 1942. It is a story of high drama, played out both in the war capitals of London, Washington, Berlin, Rome and Moscow, and at the front in Egypt, Libya, Tunisia, Morrocco and Algeria and in the command posts and foxholes in the desert. Destiny in the Desert is about politicians and generals, diplomats, civil servants and soldiers. It is about forceful characters and the tensions and rivalries between them. Drawing on official records and the personal insights of those involved at every level, Dimbleby creates a vivid portrait of a struggle which for Churchill marked the turn of the tide - and which for the soldiers on the ground involved fighting and dying in a foreign land. Now available in paperback in time, Destiny in the Desert, which was shortlisted for the Hessell-Tiltman prize 2012-13, is required reading for anyone with an interest in the Desert War.
