The North African War

The North African War

IN CHURCHILLS words, the North African War was the hinge of fate, one of the great turning points of the Second World War.

Warren Tute vividly describes the entire campaign an epic struggle extending over three years and thousands of miles, involving more than a million Allied and Axis troops, plus thousands of ships, tanks and aircraft. His text is supported by lavish illustrations including many striking contemporary colour photographs.

North Africa was the scene of Britains first victories on land, also of humiliating defeats at the hands of Germanys most brilliant commander, and, arguably, the greatest general of the Second World War, the legendary Rommel. Montgomery emerged as one of Britains most outstanding commanders, helping to turn the tide at Alamein.

The American troops, led by Eisenhower and Patton, first tasted battle in the desert, and both armies learnt lessons in cooperation which later proved invaluable during the D-Day landings. Warren Tute himself took part in the North African invasion. He has captured the unique atmosphere of this war and its extraordinary setting the grueling summer heat, the cruel, driving wind, the waterless Western Desert, and the freezing winter mud in Algeria.

He has also described in detail the secret planning stages, the delicate political background involving the strategies of Churchill, Roosevelt, Hitler, and Mussolini, and the various High Commands they controlled.

By: Warren Tute, Foreword by Manfred Rommel

Publisher: Sidgwick & Jackson, 1976

Pages: 222

Dimensions: ± 25 cm x 19 cm

Hardcover with dustjacket. Good condition. Rob Roy Library stamp on first page.