Rommel's Desert War: Waging World War II in North Africa, 1941-1943

by Martin Kitchen

Book Overview

At the height of his power in January 1941 Hitler made the fateful decision to send troops to North Africa to save the beleaguered Italian army from defeat. Martin Kitchen's masterful history of the Axis campaign provides a fundamental reassessment of the key battles of 1941-3, Rommel's generalship, and the campaign's place within the broader strategic context of the war. He shows that the British were initially helpless against the operational brilliance...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521509718
• ISBN13: 9780521509718
• Release Date: September 2009
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 618 Pages
• Weight: 2.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.3" x 9.1"