El Alamein and the struggle for North Africa : international perspectives from the twenty-first century /
El Alamein and the struggle for North Africa : international perspectives from the twenty-first century /
edited by Jill Edwards.
- 1 online resource (262 pages) : illustrations, maps
Includes bibliographical references.
Foreword / Introduction / The war in North Africa, 1940-43: an overview of the role of the Union of South Africa / Training the troops: the Indian army in Egypt, Eritrea, and Libya, 1940-1942 / "The part we played in this show": Australians and El Alamein / "No model campaign": the Second New Zealand Division and the battle of El Alamein, October-December 1942 / The Free French in the battle for North Africa, 1942: military action and its political presentation / Between history and geography: the El Alamein Project: research, findings, and results / Silent service: the Royal Navy and the desert victory / Feeding the fortress: Malta, summer 1942 / "The highest rule": Rommel as military genius / High command in the desert / Alexandrians tell their story: oral narratives of the war in North Africa, 1940-43 / The battle of El Alamein: impressions of a young schoolboy in Alexandria / William Roger Louis -- Jill Edwards -- James Jacobs -- Alan Jeffreys -- Peter Stanley -- Glyn Harper -- Remy Porte -- Aldino Bondesan -- Nick Hewitt -- Thomas Scheben -- Antulio J. Echevarria II -- Niall Barr -- Mohamed Awad and Sahar Hamouda -- Harry Tzalas -- "Here dead lie we" / A.E. Housman. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12.
9781617974854
El Alamein, Battle of, Egypt, 1942.
World War, 1939-1945--Egypt.
Electronic books.
D766.9 / .E5 2012
962.05/2
Includes bibliographical references.
Foreword / Introduction / The war in North Africa, 1940-43: an overview of the role of the Union of South Africa / Training the troops: the Indian army in Egypt, Eritrea, and Libya, 1940-1942 / "The part we played in this show": Australians and El Alamein / "No model campaign": the Second New Zealand Division and the battle of El Alamein, October-December 1942 / The Free French in the battle for North Africa, 1942: military action and its political presentation / Between history and geography: the El Alamein Project: research, findings, and results / Silent service: the Royal Navy and the desert victory / Feeding the fortress: Malta, summer 1942 / "The highest rule": Rommel as military genius / High command in the desert / Alexandrians tell their story: oral narratives of the war in North Africa, 1940-43 / The battle of El Alamein: impressions of a young schoolboy in Alexandria / William Roger Louis -- Jill Edwards -- James Jacobs -- Alan Jeffreys -- Peter Stanley -- Glyn Harper -- Remy Porte -- Aldino Bondesan -- Nick Hewitt -- Thomas Scheben -- Antulio J. Echevarria II -- Niall Barr -- Mohamed Awad and Sahar Hamouda -- Harry Tzalas -- "Here dead lie we" / A.E. Housman. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12.
9781617974854
El Alamein, Battle of, Egypt, 1942.
World War, 1939-1945--Egypt.
Electronic books.
D766.9 / .E5 2012
962.05/2