Gazala 1942: Rommel's Greatest Victory

by Ken Ford

Gazala was Rommel's greatest victory in World War II (1939-1945). After a period of stalemate in the desert war, during which both the British Eighth Army and the Afrika Korps had rested and regrouped, he carried out a daring flanking movement around the strong Allied defensive position. The British command could not match Rommel's masterly co-ordination of armor, artillery and infantry, even when encircled in an area that became known as "the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1846032644
• ISBN13: 9781846032646
• Release Date: May 2008
• Publisher: Osprey Publishing (UK)
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 7.2" x 9.8"