Desert Armour: Tank Warfare in North Africa: Beda Fomm to Operation Crusader, 1940-41

The book "The Desert War 1940-1941: The Rise and Fall of the German and Italian Armies" by Robert Forczyk covers the development of armoured warfare in North Africa from 1940 to 1941, focusing on the Allied and Axis forces, equipment, doctrine, training, logistics, and operations. It is illustrated with photographs, profile artwork, and maps and includes tactical-level vignettes and appendices analyzing tank data, tank deliveries, and orders of battle.

Format: Hardback
Length: 336 pages
Publication date: 16 February 2023
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

The development of armoured warfare in North Africa from the earliest Anglo-Italian engagements in 1940 to the British victory over the German Afrikakorps in Operation Crusader in 1941 is covered in great detail by Robert Forczyk. The war in the North African desert was pure mechanized warfare, and in many respects, the most technologically advanced theatre of World War II. It was also the only theatre where British and Commonwealth, and later US, troops were in constant contact with Axis forces for three years.

World War II best-selling author Robert Forczyk explores the first half of the history of the campaign, from the initial Italian offensive and the arrival of Rommels Panzergruppe Afrika to the British Operation Crusader offensive that led to the relief of Tobruk. He examines the armoured forces, equipment, doctrine, training, logistics, and operations employed by both Allied and Axis forces throughout the period, focusing especially on the brigade and regimental level of operations.

Fully illustrated throughout with photographs, profile artwork, and maps, and featuring tactical-level vignettes and appendices analysing tank data, tank deliveries in-theatre, and orders of battle, this book goes back to the sources to provide a new study of armoured warfare in the desert.

Weight: 1230g
Dimension: 198 x 251 x 28 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781472851888