Rommel's Afrika Korps

Tobruk to El Alamein

Rommel's Afrika Korps cover

Description

In 1940 a British offensive in the Western Desert provoked a major Italian military disaster. By early February 1941 the whole of Cyrenaica had been lost, and German help became necessary to avoid the loss of the entire of Libya. On 14 February 1941 the first echelons of German troops hurriedly arrived at the port of Tripoli, starting the 27-month German engagement in Northern Africa. This book covers the complex and oft-changing organisation and structure of German forces in North Africa from their first deployment through to the conclusion of the battle of El Alamein, an engagement that irrevocably changed the strategic situation in the Western Desert.

Table of Contents

Introduction
Combat mission
Doctrine and training
Unit organization
Tactics
Command, control, communications and intelligence (C3I)
Weapons and equipment
Lessons learned
Chronology
Bibliography
Glossary
Index

Product details

Published Oct 31 2006
Format Paperback
Edition 1st
Extent 96
ISBN 9781841769011
Imprint Osprey Publishing
Illustrations 63 b/w; 22 col
Dimensions 248 x 184 mm
Series Battle Orders
Short code BTO 20
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

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Pier Paolo Battistelli

Pier Paolo Battistelli earned his PhD in military…

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