Operations In North Africa And The Middle East 1942 1944

Author : John Grehan,Martin Mace
Publisher : Pen and Sword
Page : 299 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2015-04-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781473859463

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Operations in North Africa and the Middle East, 1942–1944 by John Grehan,Martin Mace Pdf

Despatches in this volume include the despatch fo the campaign from Alamein to Tunis, by Field Marshal the Viscount Alexander of Tunis. Deputy Commander-in-Chief Allied Forces North Africa; despatch on operation in the Western Desert December 1940 to February 1941, by General Sir Archibald P. Wavell, Commander-in-Chief British land Forces, Middle East; despatch on Operation Torch, the landings in North Africa, by Admiral of the Fleet Sir Andrew B. Cunningham; and the despatch in operations in North Africa November 1942 to May 1943, by Lieutenant-General K.A.N. Anderson, General Officer Commander-in-Chief, 1st Army. This unique collection of original documents will provide to be an inevitable resource for historians, students and all those interested in what was one of the most significant periods in British Military history.

Author : John Grehan
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1403168554

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Operations in North Africa and the Middle East, 1939–1942 by John Grehan Pdf

Author : Major-General I. S. O. Playfair
Publisher : Naval & Military Press
Page : 666 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2021-02-09
Category : History
ISBN : 1783317639

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Mediterranean and Middle East Volume IV: The Destruction of the Axis Forces in Africa. HISTORY OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR: UNITED KINGDOM MILITARY SERIES by Major-General I. S. O. Playfair Pdf

This, the fourth in the eight volumes of the 18-volume official British History of the Second World War describing the war in the Mediterranean and Middle Eastern theatres, narrates the defeat of the Axis forces in North Africa in 1942-43. The survival of Malta against determined Axis assaults enabled the Allies to cripple supplies to Rommel's Afrika Korps, while building up their own land, air and sea forces. The entry of America to the war in December 1941 had allowed the allies to co-ordinate a grand strategy for the Mediterranean and Middle Eastern theatre. In October 1942, after careful preparation and a massive artillery bombardment, General Montgomery launched the Eighth Army against the Afrika Korps in the Battle of El Alamein, while in November, 'Operation Torch' the Anglo-American amphibious landings in French-ruled North Africa, scored an almost bloodless success and proved a dry run for D-Day in 1944. Squeezed between the Allied nutcrackers to the west and east, the Germans offered stubborn resistance in the Tunisia campaign of 1943, at the battles of Kasserine Pass and the Mareth Line, but after suffering severe casualties, the Allies broke through and the Axis forces in North Africa surrendered in May 1943. The text is supported by 12 appendices, 40 maps and diagrams and 44 photographs.

Author : Ian Stanley Ord Playfair,C. J. C. Molony,F.C. Flynn
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 574 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2004-09-01
Category : World War, 1939-1945
ISBN : 1845740688

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The Mediterranean and Middle East: The destruction of the Axis forces in Africa by Ian Stanley Ord Playfair,C. J. C. Molony,F.C. Flynn Pdf

This, the fourth in the eight volumes of the 18-volume official British History of the Second World War describing the war in the Mediterranean and Middle Eastern theatres, narrates the defeat of the Axis forces in North Africa in 1942-43. The survival of Malta against determined Axis assaults enabled the Allies to cripple supplies to Rommel s Afrika Korps, while building up their own land, air and sea forces. The entry of America to the war in December 1941 had allowed the allies to co-ordinate a grand strategy for the Mediterranean and Middle Eastern theatre. In October 1942, after careful preparation and a massive artillery bombardment, General Montgomery launched the Eighth Army against the Afrika Korps in the Battle of El Alamein, while in November, Operation Torch the Anglo-American amphibious landings in French -ruled North Africa, scored an almost bloodless success and proved a dry run for D-Day in 1944. Squeezed between the Allied nutcrackers to the west and east, the Germans offered stubborn resistance in the Tunisia campaign of 1943, at the battles of Kasserine Pass and the Mareth Line, but after suffering severe casualties, the Allies broke through and the Axis forces in North Africa surrendered in May 1943. The text is supported by 12 appendices, 40 maps and diagrams and 44 photographs.

Author : John Grehan,Martin Mace
Publisher : Pen and Sword
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2015-04-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781783461943

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Operations in North Africa and the Middle East 1942-1944 by John Grehan,Martin Mace Pdf

Despatches in this volume include the despatch fo the campaign from Alamein to Tunis, by Field Marshal the Viscount Alexander of Tunis. Deputy Commander-in-Chief Allied Forces North Africa; despatch on operation in the Western Desert December 1940 to February 1941, by General Sir Archibald P. Wavell, Commander-in-Chief British land Forces, Middle East; despatch on Operation Torch, the landings in North Africa, by Admiral of the Fleet Sir Andrew B. Cunningham; and the despatch in operations in North Africa November 1942 to May 1943, by Lieutenant-General K.A.N. Anderson, General Officer Commander-in-Chief, 1st Army. This unique collection of original documents will provide to be an inevitable resource for historians, students and all those interested in what was one of the most significant periods in British Military history.

Author : George Frederick Howe
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 802 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 1957
Category : World War, 1939-1945
ISBN : MSU:31293103315226

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Northwest Africa: Seizing the Initiative in the West by George Frederick Howe Pdf

Author : S. W. C. Pack
Publisher : Macmillan Reference USA
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 1978
Category : History
ISBN : STANFORD:36105081067071

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Invasion North Africa, 1942 by S. W. C. Pack Pdf

Author : Kenneth E. Hunter
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 440 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 1951
Category : World War, 1939-1945
ISBN : OSU:32435009242553

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The War Against Germany and Italy by Kenneth E. Hunter Pdf

Author : Jonathan Fennell
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 967 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2019-01-24
Category : History
ISBN : 9781107030954

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Fighting the People's War by Jonathan Fennell Pdf

Jonathan Fennell captures for the first time the true wartime experience of the ordinary soldiers from across the empire who made up the British and Commonwealth armies. He analyses why the great battles were won and lost and how the men that fought went on to change the world.

Author : Major-General I. S. O. Playfair
Publisher : Naval & Military Press
Page : 584 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2021-02-09
Category : History
ISBN : 1783317620

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MEDITERRANEAN AND MIDDLE EAST VOLUME III (September 1941 to September 1942) British Fortunes Reach Their Lowest Ebb. HISTORY OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR: by Major-General I. S. O. Playfair Pdf

This, the third of eight volumes in the 18-volume official British History of the Second World War, dealing with the Mediterranean and Middle Eastern theatres, describes the nadir of British fortunes in the region. Covering the year from September 1941 to September 1942, the book opens with the latest round in the ding-dong battle in North Africa with 'Operation Crusader', Britain's bid to relieve the besieged port of Tobruk and chase Rommel from the western desert. The authors emphasise how Britain was hampered by obsolescent equipment such as the Crusader tank. Despite this, British, Australian and South African forces relieved Tobruk and entered Benghazi on Christmas Day 1941 - only to evacuate it after Rommel's swift recovery the following month. At sea, the Royal Navy suffered serious blows with the loss of 'Ark Royal' and 'Barham' and a daring Italian 'human torpedo' attack on British ships in Alexandria harbour. Axis air attacks on Malta and convoys supplying it reached their peak in April, and the island was awarded the George Cross for its gallant defence. Rommel counter-attacked in the desert in May, defeating the Eighth Army at Gazala, and on June 21st Tobruk was lost. But the Axis attempt to take Cairo was stalled at the battle of Alam el Halfa and, after General Auchinleck was replaced by General Montgomery, the Allies prepared to go back on the offensive. With 11 appendices, 40 maps and diagrams and 40 photographs.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 271 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2014-05-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9789004255708

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Allied Fighting Effectiveness in North Africa and Italy, 1942-1945 by Anonim Pdf

Allied Fighting Effectiveness in North Africa and Italy, 1942-1945 offers a collection of scholarly papers focusing on heretofore understudied aspects of the Second World War. Encompassing the major campaigns of North Africa, Sicily and Italy from operation TORCH to the end of the war in Europe, this volume explores the intriguing dichotomy of the nature of battle in the Mediterranean theatre, whilst helping to emphasise its significance to the study of Second Word War military history. The chapters, written by a number of international scholars, offer a discussion of a range of subjects, including: logistics, the air-land battle, coalition operations, doctrine and training, command, control and communications, and airborne and special forces. Contributors are Matthew C. Ford, Simon Godfrey, John Greenacre, Andrew L. Hargreaves, James Hudson, Alan Jeffreys, Kevin Jones, Paul Lemaire, Ross Mahoney, Christopher Mann, Cesar Campiani Maximiano, Patrick J. Rose, and Grant T. Weller.

Author : Maurer Maurer
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
Page : 520 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 1961
Category : United States
ISBN : 9781428915855

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Air Force Combat Units of World War II by Maurer Maurer Pdf

Author : Daniel R. Mortensen
Publisher : Government Printing Office
Page : 108 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : History
ISBN : 016001963X

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A Pattern for Joint Operations by Daniel R. Mortensen Pdf

CMH Pub. 93-7. This study in the Historial Analysis Series discusses the the origin and development of American close air support doctrine and practice in World War II. It explains how the Tunisian campaign demonstrated the need for tactical changes and close cooperation between the staffs and forces in joint and combined forces. The struggle of ground and air leaders to define and construct a command and control system, and ultimately to allocate and commit precious air resources to requisite ground missions, has as many lessons today as it did more than forty years ago. L.C. card 87-19335.

Author : G.A. Stoke,Jeremy Stoke
Publisher : Pen and Sword Maritime
Page : 402 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2022-06-07
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781399071376

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More Lives Than a Ship’s Cat by G.A. Stoke,Jeremy Stoke Pdf

By any standards Mick Stoke’s experiences in the Royal Navy during the Second World War were remarkable. Aged nineteen, he was ‘Mentioned in Despatches’ and awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for his courage during incessant bombing during the Siege of Tobruk. He survived multiple torpedo attacks, firstly serving on the cruiser Glasgow, which was hit twice; on the battleship Queen Elizabeth at sea and blown up by human torpedoes at Alexandria; and on HMS Hardy, struck in January 1944, while escorting Russian Arctic Convoy JW56B. In 1942, he was serving on HMS Carlisle during the fiercely fought Malta convoys and took part in the Battle of Sirte. Later that year he was awarded the MBE ‘for outstanding bravery, resource and devotion to duty during very heavy bombing’ at the port of Bone during Operation TORCH. He went on to serve at D-Day and later in the Pacific on HMS Rajah. It is a privilege to read Mick Stoke’s graphic and modest memoir. Readers will appreciate and understand how he became ‘The Most Highly Decorated Paymaster Midshipman in the Royal Navy’.

Author : Leo J. Meyer
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : World War, 1939-1945
ISBN : UIUC:30112105161035

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The Decision to Invade North Africa (TORCH) by Leo J. Meyer Pdf