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Author : Barrie Pitt
Release : 1986
Genre : World War, 1939-1945
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Book Synopsis The Crucible of War: Auchinleck's command by : Barrie Pitt
Download or read book The Crucible of War: Auchinleck's command written by Barrie Pitt. This book was released on 1986. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Barrie Pitt
Release : 2001
Genre : World War, 1939-1945
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Book Synopsis The Crucible of War Vol II by : Barrie Pitt
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Author : Barrie Pitt
Release : 2019-10-24
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Book Synopsis Auchinleck's Command by : Barrie Pitt
Download or read book Auchinleck's Command written by Barrie Pitt. This book was released on 2019-10-24. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Crucible of War Book 2 'Comes as close as any work yet published to being a definitive account of the battles between German and Allied armies in the Sahara.' Financial Times The Crucible of War is Barrie Pitt's definitive and much-acclaimed history of the Desert War. Pitt reconstructs one of the most dramatic theatres of the Second World War, drawing together every aspect of an epic campaign fought across 3000 miles of desolate and inhospitable terrain. Each volume in the series centres upon a decisive event in the Desert War, taking the reader from the outbreak of fighting in 1940 to El Alamein, the greatest breakthrough in the struggle against the Axis. Volume Two of The Crucible of War trilogy covers General Auchinleck's command - a period of disaster and defeat for the British Army, driven back towards Cairo by the Africa Korps under the tactical genius of Rommel. The book ends however with the replacing of Auchinleck by Montgomery in August 1942. Auchinleck's Command is essential reading for anyone interested in WW2, the British Army (it's strengths and weaknesses) and military leadership. 'A magnificent marriage of absolute accuracy and the writing of a novelist. He makes military history live as no other contemporary author does." Manchester Evening News Barrie Pitt (1918-2006) was well known as a military historian and editor of Purnell's History of the Second World War and History of the First World War. His publications include Coronel and Falkland, Churchill and the Generals and The Crucible of War, a trilogy covering the North African campaign of the Second World War. He was born in Galway and later lived near Ilminster in Somerset.
Author : Barrie Pitt
Release : 2020-10-21
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Book Synopsis Montgomery and Alamein by : Barrie Pitt
Download or read book Montgomery and Alamein written by Barrie Pitt. This book was released on 2020-10-21. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Crucible of War Book 3 'Masterly and lucid in its descriptions not only of the fighting and strategy, but of the political machinations' Sunday Telegraph Throughout the first half of the Second World War, control of the inhospitable North African desert was strategically vital for the Allies. In the middle of 1942, the outcome hung in the balance. Rommel and his Afrika Korps had been fought to a standstill at the first battle of Alamein and were desperately short of fuel and equipment. But the British and Commonwealth forces were in little better shape. The next encounter between the two armies would however be decisive. Montgomery, the new Allied commander, set about rebuilding his weary army and establishing an overwhelming superiority in both men and material. The scene was set for a second, and bludgeoning, encounter at El Alamein in October. It was to prove Britain's first decisive victory of the war. Montgomery and Alamein is the third volume of Barrie Pitt's definitive history of the Desert War. The first and second volumes, Wavell's Command and Auchinleck's Command, are also published by Sharpe Books. Barrie Pitt is also the author of Zeebrugge, Coronel & Falkland the history of the Special Boat Squadron. Praise for the Crucible of War Trilogy: 'Barrie Pitt tells this exciting history well. He has assembled a mass of information and organised it with admirable clarity. His narrative is scrupulously accurate in detail. The whole work will have great appeal for the general reader.' Times Literary Supplement 'The definitive work on the Desert War.' Manchester Evening News 'A magnificent book, Barrie Pitt has almost a novelist's skill and perception of character.' Daily Telegraph 'Totally readable, Mr Pitt's study depicts equally well the broad outlines of strategy, the confusions and hazards of the battlefield and the personalities of the generals or private soldiers fighting there.' Oxford Times
Author : Barrie Pitt
Release : 1982
Genre : History
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