The Eighth Army in North Africa

by Simon Forty

The British Eighth Army, which played a decisive role in defeating the Axis in North Africa, was one of the most celebrated Allied armies of the Second World War, and this photographic history is the ideal introduction to it. The carefully chosen photographs show the men, weapons and equipment of the army during campaigns in Egypt, Libya and Tunisia. The battles the army fought in the Western Desert in 1941 and 1942 are the stuff of legend, as is...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1526723794
• ISBN13: 9781526723796
• Release Date: May 2019
• Publisher: Pen & Sword Military
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 7.4" x 9.5"