El Guettar - Crucible of Leadership (Pivotal battles of the 4th Infantry Division in WWII Book 1). by Henry G. (Gerry) Phillips (Lt. Col. Retired). Available for.
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Erwin Rommel mixed in with his troops in the German Africa Corps, got dirty, dusty, and visited them in the hospital. His character in the field of battle was dignified and often he invited enemy officers to dine in his tent.
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My great Uncle served with honors in the German Africa Corps. He guarded fuel dumps, which were the key to the mobile swiftness of the reinforced light Panzer groups that moved in to defeat the British time and time again, participated in large scale attacks, and was involved in the ultimate retreat after Operation Torch started in late proved to be a success in the oncoming years. The Western Desert Campaign was an interesting theater, as both sides flip-flopped in their success and failures.
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You really cannot go wrong with these books if what you are looking for are the facts. These books are written with little hyperbole and give a person a firm foundation for knowing what happened when and where. Maybe al little dry for a casual reader, but for the WWII buffs a great reference. Only 4 left in stock more on the way.
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The book constantly goes beyond the obvious to give new perspectives. For example, it is well known that British armored tactics early in the war put too much emphasis on independent tank actions to the detriment of effective all-arms coordination. Griffith goes beyond this to point out how the Desert Rats' early victories against the Italians, using the looping all-tank flanking movements of Hobart's "pure" armor theories, reinforced the wrong lesson.
The disastrous armored losses later in Operation Battleaxe and other engagements could be traced in part to over-confidence from the early victory at Beda Fomm.
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Griffith pays superb attention to weapon systems, giving details that were new to me. For example, the slow arrival of the superior 6-pounder antitank gun owed much to Rundell Las Cruces, NM. Since I translated this memoir myself, I shall refrain from judging it. But Wolfgang Schlauch's commentary is very well-informed and highly relevant. Alamein to Zem Zem [Illustrated Edition].
This is one of the great ones. An intimate account of British armoured warfare in the North African desert. Douglas places us with his unit, along side his mates, enlisted men and officers, in his tent and in his tank. Within three weeks the Axis front collapsed and the , remaining troops in Tunisia surrendered. Churchill tanks move up on 28 February, to meet the Southern Horn attack. Hurricane fighter-bombers in Tunisia. A knocked out Tiger, after the attack on Hunt's Gap. German prisoners wait in a roadside ditch after a British counter-attack, April Books Atkinson, Rick An Army At Dawn: The War in North Africa, — Bidwell, Dominick; Graham, Dominick The Campaign for North Africa.
British and Commonwealth AFVs, — Armoured Fighting Vehicles of the World.
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