Battle of El Alamein: Fortress in the Sand

by Fred Majdalany

Book Overview

On the night of October 23, 1942, nearly a thousand guns from British batteries opened fire on the German positions just west of the small Egyptian railway depot of El Alamein. Over the next few weeks, infantry and armored divisions from Britain and the Commonwealth reversed the forward progress of Germany's Afrika Korps. Fought under harsh conditions, where men and tanks were challenged by both dense minefields and the desert landscape, the Battle...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0812218507
• ISBN13: 9780812218503
• Release Date: February 2003
• Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.1" x 8.1"