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Panzer Army Africa

James Sidney Lucas

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Here, for the first time in the English language, is the desert war from the German viewpoint. From the victorious advances leading up to the point where the armoured might of the panzer divisions stood only a few hours' drive from Alexandria, the story takes us through the bitterness of retreat to Tunisia where battles for isolated mountain peaks and little villages replaced the panzer thrusts and dramatic advances which had once characterised military operations in what the Germans described as the gentlemen's war. The author has made extensive use of material from original German sources and interviews with many men who took part in the campaign. Thus this highly readable account, fully illustrated with photographs and maps, provides a fascinating insight into the struggles which Rommel and the commanders on the spot fought not only against the British and Commonwealth troops together with their American and French allies, but also against their own High Commands. For these latter completely misunderstood the problems facing the armies in Africa and starved them of the men, equipment, and supplies which, had they been available at the time, might have brought victory to the Axis in the African desert and made the Panzer Army. part of a strategic pincer operation which would eventually seize the whole of the Middle East and thus take control of the Suez Canal.

Language: English

Pages: 211

Format: Hardcover

Release: May 19, 1977

ISBN 13: 9780354010566

Panzer Army Africa

James Sidney Lucas

0/5 ( ratings)

Here, for the first time in the English language, is the desert war from the German viewpoint. From the victorious advances leading up to the point where the armoured might of the panzer divisions stood only a few hours' drive from Alexandria, the story takes us through the bitterness of retreat to Tunisia where battles for isolated mountain peaks and little villages replaced the panzer thrusts and dramatic advances which had once characterised military operations in what the Germans described as the gentlemen's war. The author has made extensive use of material from original German sources and interviews with many men who took part in the campaign. Thus this highly readable account, fully illustrated with photographs and maps, provides a fascinating insight into the struggles which Rommel and the commanders on the spot fought not only against the British and Commonwealth troops together with their American and French allies, but also against their own High Commands. For these latter completely misunderstood the problems facing the armies in Africa and starved them of the men, equipment, and supplies which, had they been available at the time, might have brought victory to the Axis in the African desert and made the Panzer Army. part of a strategic pincer operation which would eventually seize the whole of the Middle East and thus take control of the Suez Canal.

Language: English

Pages: 211

Format: Hardcover

Release: May 19, 1977

ISBN 13: 9780354010566

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