num_pages: 224
description: s/t: The Life &amp; Death of the Afrika KorpsIn 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. Told largely from Rommel s perspective, using his papers and letters.
language: English
title: Rommel's Desert War
titlecomplete: Rommel's Desert War (Military History)
genres: Military History, World War II, History, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 81
publisher: Stackpole Books