Gustavo Urueña A
Description
The defeat of italy's forces in North Africa over the winter of 1940/41 threatened Germany's 'Fortress Europe'. For his own security, Hitler felt that
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he had no option but to intervene on behalf of his ally. By the middle of February 1941, the first contingent of German support had reached Tripoli. It was not very large - in fact, it consisted of one general and two staff officers; but the general was a man called Rommel. As the commanding officer of the 'Ghost' Division in France, Major-General Erwin Rommel had won a reputation as a brilliant commander. His orders were to stabilize the situation. Rommel's force initially included only the Fifth Light Division. For the moment, he was simply expected to stiffen Italian resistance.But Rommel would not wait. Within days, he was planning a full-scale counterattack. And with that began two years of cut-and-thrust battles with British and Commonwealth forces. The battlefield was to be the Libyan desert, an area aptly described as a tactician's paradise and a quartermaster's nightmare.
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Genres
History
Tags
History
Wars & Conflicts
World War II
Reading Moods
Humorous & Light
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Publishing Info
Publisher
CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Month-Year
Jun, 2000
ISBN
ISBN-13: 9781535467513
ISBN-10: 1535467517
Language
English
No. of Pages
218
Format
Paperback
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