The Eighth Army : September 1941 to January 1943 / prepared for the War Office by the Ministry of Information
1944, First Edition. London : His Majesty's Stationery Office. Poor copy in the original stiff-card wrappers; wear and tear as with age. Text remains in fine condition and without blemish.Front cover detached but present, back cover missing. Item #359972
Series; The Army at war. Physical description; 102 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits, plans ; 23 cm. Contents; The first offensive: thrust and parry -- The Eighth Army is born -- The battle opens : trouble at Sidi Rezegh -- The attack pressed home : Tobruk relieved -- The lull at Gazala -- Rommel strikes for Suez -- Disaster at Knightsbridge -- The fall of Tobruk : the frontier crossed -- The last ditch -- The stand at El Alamein -- "No withdrawals -- none whatever -- none" -- The last blow of the Afriak Korps -- Montgomery prepares to strike -- The breaking of the Afrika Korps -- The Battle of Egypt : the infantry goes in -- El Aqqaqir : triumph of the armour -- The flight out of Egypt -- "This time we shall not come back". Subjects; Great Britain. Army. Army, Eighth History. Great Britain. Army. 8th Army. Great Britain. Army. Army, Eighth. Great Britain. Army. Eighth army. World War II, (1939-1945) Campaigns Africa, North. El Alamein, Battle of, Egypt, 1942. Tobruk, Battles of, Tobruk, Libya, (1941-1942). Military campaigns. World War II, (1939-1945) Regimental histories Great Britain. World War II, (1939-1945) Campaigns Africa, North. El Alamein, Battle of, Egypt, 1942. Tobruk, Battles of, Tobruk, Libya, (1941-1942). World War II, (1939-1945) Campaigns Africa, North. Genres; History. Illustrated.
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