The Life And Death Of The Afrika Korps
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| Author | : Robin Lewin |
| Publisher | : Pen and Sword |
| Total Pages | : 224 |
| Release | : 2008-02-20 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 085052931X |
Afrika Korps is an illustrated record of Field-Marshal Erwin Rommel and his desert troops that fought in North Africa against British and Commonwealth forces between 1941 and 1943. Using previously rare and unpublished photographs, many of which have come from the albums of individuals who took part in the desert campaign, it presents a unique visual account of the famous Afrika-Korps' operations and equipment. Thanks to an informative caption with every photograph Afrika Korps vividly portrays how the German Army fought across the uncharted and forbidding desert wilderness of North Africa. Throughout the book it examines how Rommel and his Afrika Korps were so successful and includes an analysis of desert war tactics which Rommel himself had indoctrinated. These tactics quickly won the Afrika-Korps a string of victories between 1941 and 1942. The photographs that accompany the book are a fascinating collection that depicts life in the Afrika-Korps, as seen through the lens of the ordinary soldier.
| Author | : Samuel W. Mitcham, Jr. |
| Publisher | : Stackpole Books |
| Total Pages | : 276 |
| Release | : 2007 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : 9780811734134 |
The most famous battles of one of World War II's most legendary commanders Told largely from Rommel's perspective, using his papers and letters In a series of battles marked by daring raids and quick-armored thrusts against a numerically superior enemy, Erwin Rommel, the notorious Desert Fox, and his Afrika Korps waged one of World War II's toughest campaigns in the North African desert in 1942. The Axis campaign climaxed in June with the recapture of Tobruk, a triumph that netted 33,000 prisoners and earned Rommel a field marshal's baton. By fall, however, after setbacks at Alam Halfa and the 2 battles of El Alamein, the Afrika Korps teetered on the brink of defeat, which would come in Tunisia 6 months later.
| Author | : Ronald Lewin |
| Publisher | : Crown |
| Total Pages | : 232 |
| Release | : 1977 |
| Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
| ISBN | : |
Well adapted to its environment and with its passionate sense of self-identity, the Afrika Korps was a smooth-functioning and military-efficient fighting force. Since it had the social characteristics of a well-ordered family, Ronald Lewin has written this book as a biography. The author's grasp of his subject and his great skill in describing it make a gripping narrative.
| Author | : Franz Kurowski |
| Publisher | : Stackpole Books |
| Total Pages | : 257 |
| Release | : 2010-03-23 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 0811740331 |
Action-packed history of the Germans in Africa in World War II. One of the most famous military units of all time under one of the best commanders. The early campaigns in the Western Desert, Tobruk, El Alamein, and more.
| Author | : Samuel W. Mitcham |
| Publisher | : Stackpole Books |
| Total Pages | : 407 |
| Release | : 2009-03-04 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 0811750582 |
Describes the Desert Fox's preparation for military greatness, his rise to prominence, and his early campaigns in Africa. Recounts the first battles of Germany's notorious Afrika Korps.
| Author | : George Bradford |
| Publisher | : Stackpole Books |
| Total Pages | : 212 |
| Release | : 2008-10-21 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 1461751578 |
Portrait of this famous World War II unit at the height of its success Completely illustrated with photos, maps, and diagrams--in color where available In the sands of the Western Desert in 1941-42, Erwin Rommel made history as the Desert Fox, waging a brilliant and bold campaign against the British. Beginning at El Agheila in March 1941, the Afrika Korps--frequently outnumbered--drove the British steadily east across Libya and into Egypt. The German offensive eventually ground to a halt in a series of battles at El Alamein. In impressive detail, George Bradford depicts what it was like to serve and fight in the Afrika Korps, from its tanks and equipment to its battles and daily life.
| Author | : Gordon Williamson |
| Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 153 |
| Release | : 2012-06-20 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 1780969821 |
The campaign in North Africa between September 1940 and May 1943 holds not only an enduring fascination for postwar generations; but also a perhaps unique degree of nostalgia for some surviving participants. The campaign was no less costly in terms of human lives and material than many others; but regret at the cost is accompanied by positive memories in the minds of many veterans. This is not to suggest that the dead have been forgotten; but an almost mystical bond nevertheless exists, even between former enemies, amongst veterans of the desert campaign. Gordon Williamson examines the history, organisation and uniforms of Rommel's Afrikakorps.
| Author | : Martin Kitchen |
| Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
| Total Pages | : 618 |
| Release | : 2009-09-03 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 9780521509718 |
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 of Rommel's Panzer divisions. However Rommel's initial successes and refusal to follow orders committed the Axis to a campaign well beyond their means. Without the reinforcements or supplies he needed to deliver a knockout blow, Rommel was forced onto the defensive and Hitler's Mediterranean strategy began to unravel. The result was the loss of an entire army which together with defeat at Stalingrad signalled a decisive shift in the course of the war.
| Author | : A. J. Barker |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 200 |
| Release | : 1978 |
| Genre | : World War, 1939-1945 |
| ISBN | : |
| Author | : David Fraser |
| Publisher | : Harper Collins |
| Total Pages | : 625 |
| Release | : 1994-12-02 |
| Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
| ISBN | : 0060925973 |
An in-depth biography of Field Marshal Erwin Rommel written with the cooperation of Rommel's son, by a renowned military analyst and historian who is himself a general.
