Robert Forczyk covers the development of armoured warfare in North Africa from the earliest Anglo-Italian engagements to the German Afrikakorps in Tunisia in 1943.
The war in the North African desert was pure mechanized warfare, and in many respects the most technologically advanced theatre of World War II. It was also the only theatre where for three years British and Commonwealth, and later US, troops were in constant contact with Axis forces.
World War II best-selling author Robert Forczyk explores the entire history of the campaign, from the initial Italian offensive and the arrival of Rommel’s Panzergruppe Afrika to the British victory at El Alamein and the Allied advance into Tunisia. He examines the armoured forces, equipment, doctrine, training, logistics and operations employed by both Allied and Axis forces throughout the period, focusing especially on the brigade and regimental level of operations.
Fully illustrated throughout with photographs, profile artwork and maps, and featuring tactical-level vignettes and appendices analysing tank data, tank deliveries in-theatre and orders of battle, this book goes back to the sources to provide a complete picture of armoured warfare in the desert.
- ISBN10 1472851889
- ISBN13 9781472851888
- Publish Date 16 February 2023
- Publish Status Forthcoming
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Imprint Osprey Publishing
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 384
- Language English