The Desert Generals

The Desert Generals
Title The Desert Generals PDF eBook
Author Correlli Barnett
Publisher Viking
Pages 348
Release 1960
Genre Biography & Autobiography
ISBN

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An outstanding contribution to the history of the Second World War, this complete account of the Desert Campaign of 1940-43 is now better than ever, with new commentary and fresh documentary evidence to back up the author's original conclusions even more strongly. Still here are the interviews with almost every senior Desert Officer, information from private papers, and intimate portraits of the 5 most influential men in the battles.

The Desert Generals

The Desert Generals
Title The Desert Generals PDF eBook
Author Correlli Barnett
Publisher Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Pages 363
Release 2011-07-14
Genre Social Science
ISBN 1780221118

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A classic account of the Desert Campaign of 1940-43, by a renowned military historian. The distinguished historian Correlli Barnett gives here a complete and full account of the Desert Campaign 1940-43, an epic story set in a wasteland where soldiers fought for victory in a tumult of mechanical warfare. But THE DESERT GENERALS is also the story of five men under the strain of command in battle, the commanders who successively led the Allied forces against first the Italians and then the Germans in the ebb and flow of the desert war, culminating in the myth of Montgomery and the battle of Alamein, a myth that Correlli Barnett sets out to expose as ill-founded. Brilliantly written, THE DESERT GENERALS captures at every level the intensity and human drama of a unique and compelling episode in the history of war and warfare.

Rommel

Rommel
Title Rommel PDF eBook
Author Desmond Young
Publisher Read Books Ltd
Pages 318
Release 2013-01-30
Genre Biography & Autobiography
ISBN 1447484819

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This book contains the story of Rommel, the famous German Field Marshal of World War II, commonly known as Desert Fox. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

'Strafer'

'Strafer'
Title 'Strafer' PDF eBook
Author N. S. Nash
Publisher Pen and Sword
Pages 307
Release 2013-09-18
Genre History
ISBN 1473829763

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Unexpectedly selected by Churchill to command 8th Army in 1942 in place of the sacked Auchinleck, 'Strafer' Gott was targeted by German intelligence as he flew to Cairo to take up his new post. Six ME109s intercepted his aircraft and, after shooting it down, deliberately machine-gunned the crash scene. Gott became the only Allied general to be successfully targeted by the Germans and, as a result, Montgomery was given command and the rest is history.But as this long overdue and well researched biography reveals, 'Strafer' deserves to be remembered for his exceptionaltalents, meteoric career and record of gallantry. As a young officer in The Great War he won the Military Cross (many thought a VC would have been more appropriate) and he repeatedly attempted to escape. In 1939 he was commanding his Battalion as a Lieutenant Colonel and two years later he became a Lieutenant General. He was recognised as a superb Desert General whose aggression, originality and leadership qualities were supported by charm, warmth and compassion.While it is fascinating, if unproductive, to surmise what would have happened had Gott and not Monty fought Rommel, it can be confidently said that relations with our allies would have benefitted.Drawing on primary source material, this first biography of an outstanding soldier and commander is not only a rewarding and revealing read but an important addition to the bibliography of the Second World War.As featured in the Dover Express, Ashford Herald and Folkestone Herald.

South Africans Versus Rommel

South Africans Versus Rommel
Title South Africans Versus Rommel PDF eBook
Author David Brock Katz
Publisher
Pages 352
Release 2019
Genre South Africa
ISBN 9781928248071

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Strafer Desert General

Strafer Desert General
Title Strafer Desert General PDF eBook
Author N.S. Nash
Publisher Pen and Sword
Pages 281
Release 2013-09-18
Genre History
ISBN 1781590907

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Unexpectedly selected by Churchill to command 8th Army in 1942 in place of the sacked Auchinleck, 'Strafer' Gott was targeted by German intelligence as he flew to Cairo to take up his new post. Six ME109s intercepted his aircraft and, after shooting it down, deliberately machine-gunned the crash scene. Gott became the only Allied general to be successfully targeted by the Germans and, as a result, Montgomery was given command and the rest is history.??But as this long overdue and well researched biography reveals, 'Strafer' deserves to be remembered for his exceptional?talents, meteoric career and record of gallantry. As a young officer in The Great War he won the Military Cross (many thought a VC would have been more appropriate) and he repeatedly attempted to escape. In 1939 he was commanding his Battalion as a Lieutenant Colonel and two years later he became a Lieutenant General. He was recognised as a superb Desert General whose aggression, originality and leadership qualities were supported by charm, warmth and compassion.??While it is fascinating, if unproductive, to surmise what would have happened had Gott and not Monty fought Rommel, it can be confidently said that relations with our allies would have benefitted.??Drawing on primary source material, this first biography of an outstanding soldier and commander is not only a rewarding and revealing read but an important addition to the bibliography of the Second World War.???As featured in the Dover Express, Ashford Herald and Folkestone Herald.

The Generals' War

The Generals' War
Title The Generals' War PDF eBook
Author Michael R. Gordon
Publisher Little Brown
Pages 551
Release 1995-01
Genre History
ISBN 9780316321723

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An acount of the war in the Persian Gulf takes readers behind the scenes at the Pentagon and the White House to provide portraits of the top military commanders and to discuss what worked and what did not