CRISIS IN THE DESERT

Blue Boards with gilt lettering.  No dust wrapper. 268 pages, 15 fold out maps and numerous maps within text. Black and white illustrations.  Foxing on some pages.

"This book is concerned with the most critical of the campaign in the Western Desert.

Investigations were begun in 1942 to establish the facts relating to the fall of Tobruk, but in due course the demands of historical perspective required that he field of enquire should expand to include the German assault of the Gazala Line, l with Rommel's consequent invasion of Egypt, his remarkable victory at Mersa Matruh, and the decisive check to his ambitions at Alamein. The fate of the 2nd South African Division between Gazala and El Alamein, require for their appreciation a grasp of the intentions and operations of the Eighth Army, which the authors have attempted to provide, and against this background have been fitted the movement and interplay of the various South African units and formations."  Preface.