The Armour Of Rommel S Afrika Korps

Author : Ian Baxter
Publisher : Pen and Sword
Page : 203 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2019-05-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781526713803

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The Armour of Rommel's Afrika Korps by Ian Baxter Pdf

A pictorial history of the armoured vehicles used by the Nazis during their occupation of North Africa in World War II. The Deutsche Afrika Korps (best known as simply Afrika Korps) earned a well-deserved reputation as a superb fighting machine. While this was founded on the leadership and tactical genius of its legendary commander Erwin Rommel and the fighting skills of its officers and men, another vital element was its equipment and armour. This superbly illustrated Images of War book reveals the full range of German armored vehicles that saw service in North Africa from 1941 to mid-1943. As well as the formidable panzers, such as the Tiger and Panther tanks, there were Sturmartillerie equipments, reconnaissance vehicles, half-tracks, armored cars, Panzerkampwagens, and motorcycles. All had their roles to play. While the Allies ultimately triumphed in North Africa, the combination of German design and engineering with superb generalship and fighting spirit, very nearly changed the course of the Second World War in 1942. Military historians and equipment enthusiasts will find this a fascinating and authoritative book. “Another great addition to [the Images of War] series . . . . A must have for anyone with an interest in the Afrika Korps during World War Two.” —Armorama.com

Author : Franz Kurowski
Publisher : Stackpole Books
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2010-03-23
Category : History
ISBN : 9780811740333

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Das Afrika Korps by Franz Kurowski Pdf

Action-packed history of the Germans in Africa in World War II. One of the most famous military units of all time under one of the best commanders. The early campaigns in the Western Desert, Tobruk, El Alamein, and more.

Author : Samuel W. Mitcham Jr.
Publisher : Stackpole Books
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2007-08-16
Category : History
ISBN : 9780811741521

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Rommel's Desert War by Samuel W. Mitcham Jr. Pdf

The most famous battles of one of World War II's most legendary commanders. Told largely from Rommel's perspective, using his papers and letters.

Author : James Sidney Lucas,Kurt Caesar
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : STANFORD:36105023207306

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Rommel's Year of Victory by James Sidney Lucas,Kurt Caesar Pdf

The German offensive in North Africa, coupling the prowess of Rommel, The Desert Fox, with the superb elan of the German Afrika Korps, is widely regarded as one of the most astonishing military achievements of World War II. Rommel had been sent to Libya in February 1941 to bail out the Italian Army, whose short-lived invasion of Egypt in the fall of 1940 had been repulsed by the British. His ability to adapt his troops to desert warfare is a textbook example of training and tactics in harsh conditions. German war artist Kurt Caesar traveled with the Afrika Korps and illustrated the campaign with evocative and detailed drawings. Rommel's Year of Victory combines these illustrations with a new, gripping narrative by James Lucas that captures the day-to-day life of the German soldier in the desert. James Lucas served as an infantryman in the Tunisian campaign in World War II. He is an acknowledged expert on the German military history of the period, as well as a widely published military author.

Author : Samuel W. Mitcham
Publisher : Stackpole Books
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2009-03-04
Category : History
ISBN : 9780811750585

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Triumphant Fox by Samuel W. Mitcham Pdf

Describes the Desert Fox's preparation for military greatness, his rise to prominence, and his early campaigns in Africa. Recounts the first battles of Germany's notorious Afrika Korps.

Author : Robin Lewin
Publisher : Pen and Sword
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2008-02-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9780850529319

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The Life and Death of the Afrika Korps by Robin Lewin Pdf

Afrika Korps is an illustrated record of Field-Marshal Erwin Rommel and his desert troops that fought in North Africa against British and Commonwealth forces between 1941 and 1943. Using previously rare and unpublished photographs, many of which have come from the albums of individuals who took part in the desert campaign, it presents a unique visual account of the famous Afrika-Korps' operations and equipment. Thanks to an informative caption with every photograph Afrika Korps vividly portrays how the German Army fought across the uncharted and forbidding desert wilderness of North Africa. Throughout the book it examines how Rommel and his Afrika Korps were so successful and includes an analysis of desert war tactics which Rommel himself had indoctrinated. These tactics quickly won the Afrika-Korps a string of victories between 1941 and 1942. The photographs that accompany the book are a fascinating collection that depicts life in the Afrika-Korps, as seen through the lens of the ordinary soldier.

Author : A. J. Barker
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1978
Category : World War, 1939-1945
ISBN : UOM:39015005181428

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Afrika Korps by A. J. Barker Pdf

Author : Desmond Young
Publisher : Read Books Ltd
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2013-01-30
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781447484813

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Rommel by Desmond Young Pdf

This book contains the story of Rommel, the famous German Field Marshal of World War II, commonly known as Desert Fox. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

Author : Ronald Lewin
Publisher : Pen and Sword
Page : 293 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 1990-12-31
Category : History
ISBN : 9781844150403

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Rommel as Military Commander by Ronald Lewin Pdf

As the Germans wreaked havoc in Europe in the early 1940s, the war in Northern Africa seemed relatively insignificant. Yet a series of surprising victories by the Afrika Korps forced Winston Churchill to refocus his attention. In the desert, one of the war's most brilliant commanders was blooming - Commander Erwin Johannes Eugen Rommel. In this provocative study, Ronald Lewin, prizewinning author of Slim: The Standardbearer and Ultra Goes to War charts the course of Rommel's military career. The Desert Fox, was a tactical genius - his personal leadership and ability to improvise on the battlefield with minimal resources were exemplary. Yet lapses in Rommel's judgment, combined with Churchill's heightened defences and Hitler's neglect, led to a crushing defeat for the Afrika Korps at Alamein in 1942. As Rommel's success waned, so did his relations with Hitler. Rommel was an exceptional commander - not only for his skills, but for the integrity with which he carried himself. This integrity, admired even by his adversaries, proved fatal. Unafraid to voice his objections to Hitler's military decisions, Rommel was associated with the 1944 plot to kill the dictator. In the wake of the plot's failure, Rommel was forced to take his own life.

Author : Ian Spring,Anthony Tucker-Jones
Publisher : Greenhill Books
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2023-07-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781784388829

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Rommel's Afrika Korps in Colour by Ian Spring,Anthony Tucker-Jones Pdf

Take a visual journey through North Africa during the Second World War with Anthony Tucker-Jones and Ian Spring as they chart the path of Erwin Rommel and his Afrika Korps through a series of stunning, rare color photographs. Taken from Ian Spring’s incredible digital archive of over 32,000 original color photographs dated between 1936 and 1946, more than 250 images in Rommel’s Afrika Korps In color offer readers a vivid, detailed insight into this German expeditionary force and their long North African Campaign. Fascinating color photographs of German soldiers, weaponry, tanks and aircraft fill these pages, and are balanced by the equally captivating and rare photographs of the people and the landscapes of North Africa. Renowned author and military historian Anthony Tucker-Jones’ remarkable text accompanies Ian Spring’s collection of rare photographs, together making for a highly informative and utterly engrossing read. Rommel’s Afrika Korps In color affords readers a new way of reading and learning about one of the most unique campaigns in the Second World War, and will stay with them long after they turn the final page.

Author : Ian Baxter
Publisher : Pen and Sword
Page : 259 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2014-02-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9781783038107

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Afrika-Korps by Ian Baxter Pdf

A pictorial history of the Nazi German army expeditionary force deployed to North Africa during World War II between 1941 and 1943. Afrika-Korps is an illustrated record of Field-Marshal Erwin Rommel and his desert troops that fought in North Africa against British and Commonwealth forces between 1941 and 1943. Using previously rare and unpublished photographs, many of which have come from the albums of individuals who took part in the desert campaign, it presents a unique visual account of the famous Afrika-Korps operations and equipment. Thanks to an informative caption with every photograph Afrika Korps vividly portrays how the German Army fought across the uncharted and forbidding desert wilderness of North Africa. Throughout the book it examines how Rommel and his Afrika Korps were so successful and includes an analysis of desert war tactics which Rommel himself had indoctrinated. These tactics quickly won the Afrika-Korps a string of victories between 1941 and 1942. The photographs that accompany the book are a fascinating collection that depicts life in the Afrika-Korps, as seen through the lens of the ordinary soldier.

Author : Heinz Werner Schmidt
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 1967
Category : World War, 1939-1945
ISBN : STANFORD:36105080711752

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With Rommel in the Desert by Heinz Werner Schmidt Pdf

Author : George Bradford
Publisher : Stackpole Books
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2008-10-21
Category : History
ISBN : 9781461751571

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Rommel's Afrika Korps by George Bradford Pdf

Portrait of this famous World War II unit at the height of its success Completely illustrated with photos, maps, and diagrams--in color where available In the sands of the Western Desert in 1941-42, Erwin Rommel made history as the Desert Fox, waging a brilliant and bold campaign against the British. Beginning at El Agheila in March 1941, the Afrika Korps--frequently outnumbered--drove the British steadily east across Libya and into Egypt. The German offensive eventually ground to a halt in a series of battles at El Alamein. In impressive detail, George Bradford depicts what it was like to serve and fight in the Afrika Korps, from its tanks and equipment to its battles and daily life.

Author : David Brock Katz
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2017-11-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9780811766081

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South Africans versus Rommel by David Brock Katz Pdf

After bitter debate, South Africa, a dominion of the British Empire at the time, declared war on Germany five days after the invasion of Poland in September 1939. Thrust by the British into the campaign against Erwin Rommel’s German Afrika Korps in North Africa, the South Africans fought a see-saw war of defeats followed by successes, culminating in the Battle of El Alamein, where South African soldiers made a significant contribution to halting the Desert Fox’s advance into Egypt. This is the story of an army committed somewhat reluctantly to a war it didn’t fully support, ill-prepared for the battles it was tasked with fighting, and sent into action on the orders of its senior alliance partner. At its heart, however, this is the story of men at war.

Author : John Pimlott
Publisher : Amber Books Ltd
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2014-05-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781782741909

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Rommel by John Pimlott Pdf

Featuring letters to his wife, orders, daily accounts of battle written during World War II and his published memoirs, Rommel offers an insight into a great military leader. Alongside accounts of fighting in World War I and World War II, Rommel shares his views on the philosophy of warfare, battles, leaders and the progress of both world wars.