The Crucible of War: Montgomery and Alamein
- ISBN-10
- 0304359521
- ISBN-13
- 9780304359523
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 312
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2001
- Publisher
- Weidenfeld & Nicolson
- Author
- Barrie Pitt
Description
Rommel, the brilliant commander of the German Afrika Korps had finally been stopped by the British at the first battle of Alamein in July 1942. Now in this the last of the Barrie Pitt's three volume epic, Montgomery takes the field against him and in the last climatic battle once again at Alamein, it is the beginning of the end for Rommel and his Africa Korps.
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