El Alamein 1942: Turning Point in the Desert

by Richard Doherty

The Battle of El Alamein is well established as a pivotal moment of the Second World War. Following the wildly fluctuating fortunes of the opposing sides, there was a real risk that Rommel's Afrika Korps and his Italian allies would break through and seize Cairo with catastrophic strategic and political implications for the Allies. That this never happened is, of course, well known but, as this highly readable yet authoritative work reveals, there...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1526700794
• ISBN13: 9781526700797
• Release Date: October 2017
• Publisher: Pen & Sword Military
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.44 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.0" x 9.3"