Jon Latimer

Operation Compass 1940

Wavell's whirlwind offensive

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Osprey's Campaign title for the first battle of the desert war, Operation Compass, which was originally envisaged as a spoiling attack, combined with a reconnaissance in force to disrupt the Italian forces that had advanced into Egypt in September 1940. Lt Gen. Richard O'Connor launched what amounted to a British 'Blitzkrieg'. In less than two months the British forces swept 500 miles along the coast of North Africa. 7th Armoured Division raced across the desert to cut off the retreating Italians, and O'Connor's men destroyed 9 Italian divisions, and took 130,000 prisoners. In March 1941 General Rommel and the Afrikakorps landed at Tripoli.

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Produktdetails

Weitere Autoren: Laurier, Jim (Illustr.)

ISBN: 978-1-85532-967-6
EAN: 9781855329676
Produktnummer: 17667653
Verlag: Bloomsbury
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2000
Seitenangabe: 96 S.
Masse: H24.8 cm x B18.4 cm x D0.8 cm 454 g
Abbildungen: Farb. Abb.
Reihenbandnummer: 73
Gewicht: 454

Über den Autor

Jon Latimer is a serving officer with the Royal Welch Fusiliers (TA) and has a number of articles published on military history in British Army Review, Military History and World War II. He has carried out extensive research into the war in the desert. Jim Laurier is a native of New Hampshire. He graduated with honours from the Paiers School of Art, Connecticut, in 1978 and has worked as a freelance illustrator ever since, completing assignments in a wide variety of fields. Jim has a keen interest in military subjects, both aviation and armour, and is a Fellow member of the American Society of Aviation Artists, the New York Society of Illustrators and the American Fighter Aces Association.