Destiny in the Desert The road to El Alamein - the Battle that Turned the Tide
It was the British victory at the Battle of El Alamein in November 1942 that inspired one of Churchill's most famous aphorisms: 'This is not the end, it is not even the beginning of the end, but it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning'. And yet the true significance of this iconic ep...
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2012
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Table of Contents:
- Cover Page-- Title Page-- Copyright Page-- Dedication-- Contents-- Maps-- Preface: A Pivotal Struggle-- 1 Starting Points; 2 Opening Salvos-- 3 Mussolini's Mistake-- 4 A Change of Plan-- 5 commel to the Rescue-- 6 Dangerous Diversions-- 7 Trouble at Home and Away-- 8 A Fightback Fails-- 9 A New Broom in the Desert-- 10 Auchinleck Stands Firm-- 11 The Tables Are Turned-- 12 Roosevelt Joins the Fra
- 13 The Desert Fox Goes Hunting-- 14 Trouble at the Top-- 15 Deadlock-- 16 Stretched to Breaking Point-- 17 The Worst of Times-- 18 The Americans Come Good-- 19 The Auk's Last Stand-- 20 Enter Montgomery-- 21 Montgomery Makes His Mark22 Churchill Feels the Pressure-- 23 Into the Breach-- 24 'An unforgettable nightmare'-- 25 The End of the Beginning-- 26 The Beginning of the End-- Acknowledgements-- List of Maps-- List of Illustrations-- Notes; Sources-- Index