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The Desert War: The Classic Trilogy on the North African Campaign 1940-43

By Alan , Moorehead

Book information

Publisher
Aurum Press
Year
2012
ISBN
978-1-78131-106-6, 1781311064
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
1 MB (1220955 bytes)
Pages
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Time added
2017-08-15 11:00:00
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Description

In 1940, Alan Moorehead was sent to cover the North Africa campaign by the Daily Express, and he followed its dramatic course all the way to 1943. The three books he subsequently wrote about the Desert War? later collected as his?African Trilogy'? were swiftly acclaimed as a classic account of the tussle between Montgomery's Eighth Army and Rommel's Afrika Corps, amidst the endless harsh wastes of the Western Desert. Moorehead was responsible for the celebrated insight that tank battles in the desert are like battles at sea, the lumbering tanks like ships lost in a vast ocean of sand. Read more... Abstract: The classic account of the tussle between Montgomery's Eighth Army and Rommel's Afrika Corps, amidst the endless harsh wastes of the Western Desert. Read more...

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