CRISIS IN THE DESERT May - July 1942

This book is about the most critical phase of the campaign in the Western Desert. Investigations were begun in 1942 to establish the facts relating to the fall of Tobruk, but in due course the demands of historical perspective required that the field of enquiry should expand to include the German assault on the Gazala Line, with Rommel's consequent invasion of Egypt, his remarkable victory at Mersa Matruh, and the decisive check to his ambitions at Alamein. The fate of the 2nd South African Division at Tobruk, and the movements of the 1st South African Division between Gazala and El Alamein, require for their appreciation a grasp of the intentions and operations of the Eighth Army, which the authors have attempted to provide, and against this background have been fitted the movement and interplay of the various South African units and formations."

15 FOLD-OUT MAPS.

Giftcard from the Prime Minister of the Union of South-Africa in front. 

First Edition.1952. Hard cover with, 368 pages. Good condition, thightly bound and neat. Dustcover has wear and tear. Name lightly written on front righthand corner of cover. Over 1kg.