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Rommel's North Africa Campaign: September 1940-November 1942 (Great campaigns) [Paperback]

Jack Greene , Alessandro Massignani
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  • Paperback: 276 pages
  • Publisher: Da Capo Press; New edition edition (1 July 1999)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1580970184
  • ISBN-13: 978-1580970181
  • Product Dimensions: 22.4 x 15.1 x 1.4 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 835,246 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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In the deserts of North Africa and the Middle East some of World War II's greatest legends were born as Erwin Rommel the "Desert Fox" led his Afrika Korps against the "Desert Rats" of the British 8th Army led by Bernard Montgomery. Both sides recruited local people to their cause, winning stunning victories but planting the seeds of conflicts to come. This exceptional work draws on exclusive interviews with Rommel's German-Italian translator, covers the Mediterranean grand strategy of both sides, evaluates the impact of the campaign on today's North Africa and Middle East, and gives a complete description of operations in Syria and Iraq. The dramatic text, which includes the first English language coverage of the Italian-Australian atrocity controversy, is backed up by rare photos taken by veterans of the action, new maps, and complete orders of battle for both Axis and Allies, including the most accurate listing of Italian units yet available.

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The first thing to understand about World War II in North Africa is that this was primarily Italy's war. Read the first page
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
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This book despite its title discusses the AXIS forces in North Africa and more interestingly the significantly underrated Italian contribution. It has a very readable prose style and concentrates on little known side actions that were infantry based. Interstingly it debunks a lot of the myths regarding the so-called clean nature of the campaign but there are also rare bits of humorous anecdote. I particularly liked Rommels objection to the white South Africans' request to be seperated from their black fellow soldiers.
Personally most people will when thinking of this campaign buy or seek out the British Official histories, Moorhead's African Trilogy, the rather Teutonic biased German biographies (where the Italians at best are ignored) or even Corelli Barnet's The Desert Generals. I suggest get one of these more popular ones but under any circumstances get this one as well.
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Small book but all good 2 Mar 2002
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This is the most information packed book I have ever seen on the desert war (and its from an IT perspective which makes it even more valuable). Its just a 272 page paperback but its full of pictures and maps and facts..facts..facts. It has pictures of many rare Italian equipments and covers the general trend of gun and tank development in the desert and its just packed with details like atrocities and friendly fire incidents in the desert. Also covers battle actions with OOB and action reports. Also of note is the bibliography which gives a one sentence synopsis of about 40 other desert war publications! I wish these authors would put out a large format book with high quality pictures like this! I highly recommend this book for anyone who is interested in the North Africa theatre from 7/40 to 11/42.
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A good perspective on the Italians in WWII 11 Jun 2000
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The Italians, as one of the most-mocked military forces of the Second World War, rarely get the depth of treatment that their erstwhile German allies receive. This book focuses on discussing the war in North Africa from the Italian perspective, using Italian sources liberally throughout. Greene and Massignani give a good impression of the state of mind of the Italian soldiery in North Africa. Recommended.
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