Destiny in the Desert: The Road to El Alamein: The Battle that Turned the Tide of World War II

by Jonathan Dimbleby

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It was the Allied victory at the Battle of El Alamein in November 1942 that inspired one of Churchill's most famous aphorisms: "This is not the end, it is not even the beginning of the end, but it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning."

In this thrilling historical account, Jonathan Dimbleby describes the political and strategic realities that lay behind the battle, charting the nail-biting months that led to the victory at El Alamein in November 1942.

Drawing on official records and the personal insights of those involved, Dimbleby creates a vivid portrait of a struggle which for Churchill marked the turn of the tide-and which for the soldiers on the ground involved fighting and dying in a foreign land.

  • ISBN10 1605984795
  • ISBN13 9781605984797
  • Publish Date 29 October 2013 (first published 15 October 2012)
  • Publish Status Transferred
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint Pegasus Books
  • Format Hardcover
  • Pages 560
  • Language English