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The Crucible of War Vol II - Auchinleck's Command

The Crucible of War Vol II - Auchinleck's Command

by Barrie Pitt (Author)

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    Paperback 2001

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Synopsis

In 1941, the series of exhilarating victories in the North African Desert came to an abrupt end with the arrival of the German Afrika Korps and their brilliant commander, Rommel. The second volume carries us into the next phase of the war in the desert. The death of General O'Connor and the political intervention that led Wavell to be replaced by Auchinleck as Commander-in-Chief, to the near disaster at the First Battle of Alamein only averted by Auchinleck himself and the final political wrangle that meant despite this he, like Wavell, would be replaced.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 400
 Edition: New edition
 Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Published: 09 Aug 2001
ISBN 10: 0304359513
ISBN 13: 9780304359516
Book Overview: First printed in hardback 1980 by Jonathan Cape Ltd, last printed in Paperback by Papermac in 1986 The best book(s) on a Second World War campaign in which British and Commonwealth forces played a major role - classics of their kind. 'A magnificent book.' Daily Telegraph 'Totally readable... depicts well the broad outlines of the strategy, the confusions and hazards of the battlefield and the personalities of the generals or private soldiers fighting there.' Oxford Times

Author Bio
Barrie Pitt saw active service in both Europe and the Middle East. He edited the partwork History of the Second World War and was Editor-in-Chief of Ballantine's Iluustrated History of World War II. Barrie Pitt now lives in Taunton in Somerset.