Military books on the Desert Campaign, El Alamein, Battle of Gazala and the Siege of Tobruk. Military books at fantastic prizes by leading book publishers available from the military bookshop.

El Alamein by Field-Marshal Lord Carver

'...this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning'. Winston Churchill, 10th November 1942.

In early 1942, in the Central Mediterranean, the Axis Powers dominated the Allied forces at sea and in the air. Tobruk fell to Rommel in June and the Allies prepared to retreat to the Suez Canal. Disaster seemed imminent. But then began the battles that turned the tide against the Germans, the battles at El Alamein.

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Book serial number W16. Price £4.99. Fully illustrated paperback with 200 pages.

Tobruk The Great Siege Reassessed by Frank Harrison

Tobruk - the longest siege in British military history, and a word that conjures up all the dramas and tribulations of war in the Western Desert. This new study of the action is a rare book - an analytical reassessment by a veteran of the campaign. Frank Harrison ably combines the evocative style of one who was there with the more dispassionate evaluation of a writer who wants to present the whole picture.

The volume has three principal sections: the siege, in which the Australian 9th Division held out so manfully against Rommel's Afrika Korps; the breakout, where the British 70th Division broke clear of the fortress to create a corridor towards an intended rendezvous with the Eighth Army; and an important appraisal of the main opponent the Allies faced - the Desert Fox, Erwin Rommel.

The unstated role of the British division, the awesome battles they faced in opening and maintaining the corridor and the support to the action provided by the Royal Navy and RAF is clearly demonstrated and fully described. The author brings a veteran's knowledge to his account of the bloody conflict - the siege and the breakout - to redress the unbalanced account that the official histories and sundry studies have provided. Furthermore, the fresh look at Rommel - who suffered his first defeat at Tobruk - helps the reader decide whether this famed commander was a master strategist, an opportunist and exploiter of errors, or a self-promoter and stimulator of the myth that surrounded him.

Book serial number BK59. Price £12.95. Fully illustrated paperback with 410 pages.

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Tobruk 1941 Rommel's Opening Move by Jon Latimer

In March 1941, with Wavell's British troops having routed the Italians from Cyrenaica, General Erwin Rommel arrived in Tripoli to command the Deutsches Afrikakorps. Over the next two years the Afrikakorps and its commander would become legendary. In his first offensive, Rommel swept across the desert, driving the British back to the Egyptian frontier and capturing much of the 2nd Armoured Division in the process. One thorn remained in his side - the vital port of Tobruk continued to resist. If it could hold out Rommel's offensive might be halted. Wavell instructed General Morshead and his garrison of 30,000 determined Australians to hold at all cost. The scene was set for one of the epic struggles of the desert war.

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Book price £8.99. Book serial number Osprey MA53.