Rommel's Desert War: The Life and Death of the Afrika Korps

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Stackpole Books, 2007 - 251 頁
  • The most famous battles of one of World War II's most legendary commanders
  • Told largely from Rommel's perspective, using his papers and letters

In a series of battles marked by daring raids and quick-armored thrusts against a numerically superior enemy, Erwin Rommel, the notorious Desert Fox, and his Afrika Korps waged one of World War II's toughest campaigns in the North African desert in 1942. The Axis campaign climaxed in June with the recapture of Tobruk, a triumph that netted 33,000 prisoners and earned Rommel a field marshal's baton. By fall, however, after setbacks at Alam Halfa and the 2 battles of El Alamein, the Afrika Korps teetered on the brink of defeat, which would come in Tunisia 6 months later.

 

內容

Low Tide
1
Rommel Strikes Back
20
The Lull
31
The Desert Fox Strikes First
53
The Cauldron and Knightsbridge
67
The Second Battle of Tobruk
75
The Drive on Alexandria
99
The First Battle of El Alamein
108
The Battle of the Tunisian Bridgehead
177
A Doomed Empire
188
Epitaph
198
German Units Ranks and Strengths
199
German Staff Abbreviations
200
Notes
201
Bibliography
237
Index
242

High Tide in the Desert
124
Disaster
142

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第 6 頁 - From the moment that he first came under fire he stood out as the perfect fighting animal: cold, cunning, ruthless, untiring, quick of decision, incredibly brave

關於作者 (2007)

Samuel W. Mitcham, Jr., is the author of more than twenty books on World War II. He lives in Louisiana.

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