Desert armour : tank warfare in North Africa : Beda Fomm to Operation Crusader, 1940-41 /: tank warfare in North Africa : Beda Fomm to Operation Crusader, 1940-41. (2023)
- Record Type:
- Book
- Title:
- Desert armour : tank warfare in North Africa : Beda Fomm to Operation Crusader, 1940-41 /: tank warfare in North Africa : Beda Fomm to Operation Crusader, 1940-41. (2023)
- Main Title:
- Desert armour : tank warfare in North Africa : Beda Fomm to Operation Crusader, 1940-41
- Further Information:
- Note: Robert Forczyk.
- Authors:
- Forczyk, Robert
- Contents:
- (Subject to confirmation)PrefaceIntroduction Strategic setting Terrain & weather factorsChapter 1: Pre-War Doctrinal and Technological Influences Britain Loses its lead in Armoured Warfare Germany assembles a combined arms team The U. S. Army's delayed mechanization Italy's Mechanized façade Doctrinal summary and comparison Chapter 2: The Opposing Armoured Forces in 1940–41 Italian armoured forces in Libya Britain's armoured forces in the Mideast German armoured forces Chapter 3: The Dynamic of Armoured Operations in 1940–41 Border Skirmishes, June-August 1940 Disaster in Egypt, September - December 1940 The Road to Beda Fomm, December 1940 – February 1941 Interlude, February 1941 Rommel's First Offensive, March-April 1941 Stalemate, May 1941 Operation Battleaxe, June 1941 Panzergruppe Afrika and Eighth Army, August-September 1941 Operation Crusader, First Phase, 18-26 November 1941 Operation Crusader, Conclusions, December 1941 In RetrospectGlossary Rank TableAppendicesBibliographyEnd notes.
- Publisher Details:
- Oxford : Osprey Publishing
- Publication Date:
- 2023
- Extent:
- 1 online resource (336 pages), illustrations, maps (colour)
- Subjects:
- 940.5423
World War, 1939-1945 -- Africa, North -- Tank warfare
World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Africa, North - Languages:
- English
- ISBNs:
- 9781472851895
9781472851901 - Related ISBNs:
- 9781472851888
- Notes:
- Note: Description based on CIP data; resource not viewed.
- Access Rights:
- Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
- Access Usage:
- Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.
- View Content:
- Available online (eLD content is only available in our Reading Rooms) ↗
- Physical Locations:
- British Library HMNTS - ELD.DS.747346
- Ingest File:
- 16_009.xml