Description
Title: Battle Story – El Alamein 1942
Author: Battistelli, Pier Paolo
Condition: Mint
Edition: 1st Edition
Publication Date: 2011
ISBN: 9780752462028
Cover: Hard Cover without Dust Jacket – 159 pages
Comments: El Alamein 1942 heralded a great victory for the Allied forces in the Second World War and marked a major turning point in the Western Desert campaign. If you truly want to understand what happened and why – read Battle Story.
- Key profiles explore the tactics and personalities pitted against each other: Montgomery and Rommel
- Diary extracts and quotes offer a real insight into what it was like to fight in this unforgiving desert
- Maps highlight the adversities of terrain and minefields that dominated the fighting
- Photographs place you on the frontline of the unfolding action
- Orders of Battle detail the composition of the opposing forces’ armies
- Packed with fact boxes, this short introduction is the perfect way to start exploring this important battle
