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Crucible of War: Auchinleck's Command: The Definitive History of the Desert War - Volume 2
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Title: Crucible of War: Auchinleck's Command: The Definitive History of the Desert War - Volume 2
Author: Barrie Pitt
ISBN: 9780304359516
Publisher: UNKNO
Published: 2001
Binding: Paperback
Language: English
Condition: Used: Near Fine
Military History 1623518
Publisher Description:
In the second volume, Churchill replaces Sir Claude Auchinleck as commander-in-chief with Field Marshal Harold Alexander, and places Bernard Montgomery over the Eighth Army. Prior to the changes of command, Auchinleck stopped Rommel's Afrika Korps for the first time at the first battle of Alamein in July, 1942. Still, the Axis forces remained dangerous. The pair's new commands coincided with the arrival of materiel sufficient to give the Allies overwhelming superiority in the field. Montgomery duly planned for a second battle at Alamein six months after the first. The eventual encounter gained a decisive second desert victory, the first since O'Connor's against the Italians nearly two years before. The victory signaled the beginning of the end of the Axis in North Africa.
Author: Barrie Pitt
ISBN: 9780304359516
Publisher: UNKNO
Published: 2001
Binding: Paperback
Language: English
Condition: Used: Near Fine
Military History 1623518
Publisher Description:
In the second volume, Churchill replaces Sir Claude Auchinleck as commander-in-chief with Field Marshal Harold Alexander, and places Bernard Montgomery over the Eighth Army. Prior to the changes of command, Auchinleck stopped Rommel's Afrika Korps for the first time at the first battle of Alamein in July, 1942. Still, the Axis forces remained dangerous. The pair's new commands coincided with the arrival of materiel sufficient to give the Allies overwhelming superiority in the field. Montgomery duly planned for a second battle at Alamein six months after the first. The eventual encounter gained a decisive second desert victory, the first since O'Connor's against the Italians nearly two years before. The victory signaled the beginning of the end of the Axis in North Africa.
