Operation Crusader 1941

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Africa
Afrika Korps
Afrikakorps
army
Author_John White
Author_Ken Ford
Axis
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commander
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Germans
Germany
Libya
modern warfare
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tactic
technology
Tobruk
ww2
wwii

Product details

  • ISBN 9781846035005
  • Weight: 342g
  • Dimensions: 180 x 244mm
  • Publication Date: 20 Jun 2010
  • Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
  • Publication City/Country: GB
  • Product Form: Paperback
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A concise, illustrated account of Operation Crusader, which proved the ability of the British Army to defeat the Germans in Africa.

On 18 November 1941, the British launched Operation Crusader against the Axis positions in Africa. The plan was to bring the armour of the German Afrika Korps to battle and to beat it in open warfare with the now superior strength of Eighth Army, and to relieve the isolated British garrison at Tobruk. Initially meeting with disaster, the British redoubled their efforts, fought through to Tobruk, and pushed back Rommel's Afrika Korps.

Written by popular Osprey author, Ken Ford, Operation Crusader tells the story of the British victory that demonstrated their ability to fight head-to-head against the Germans in Africa.

Ken Ford was born in Hampshire in 1943. He trained as an engineer and spent almost thirty years in the telecommunications industry before a change in career led him to become a full time military historian. He is the author of over twenty books on various aspects of World War II. Ken now lives in Southampton.

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