South Africans versus Rommel The Untold Story of the Desert War in World War II David Brock Katz

South Africans versus Rommel The Untold Story of the Desert War in World War II

Author: David Brock Katz 

Publisher: Stackpole Books        

Edition: First 2018

ISBN: 9780811717816

Language: English  

Condition: Excellent. Clean copy with tight binding. 

Binding: Hardcover with dustcover  

Pages: 352.Print with images and maps. 

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After bitter debate, South Africa, a dominion of the British Empire at the time, declared war on Germany five days after the invasion of Poland in September 1939. Thrust by the British into the campaign against Erwin Rommels German Afrika Korps in North Africa, the South Africans fought a see-saw war of defeats followed by successes, culminating in the Battle of El Alamein, where South African soldiers made a significant contribution to halting the Desert Foxs advance into Egypt. This is the story of an army committed somewhat reluctantly to a war it didnt fully support, ill-prepared for the battles it was tasked with fighting, and sent into action on the orders of its senior alliance partner. At its heart, however, this is the story of men at war.Please note that we refer the right to close our auctions at any time.

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