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Author Dando, Neal

Title From Tobruk to Tunis : the impact of terrain on British operations and doctrine in North Africa, 1940-1943
Published Havertown : Helion and Company, 2016

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Description 1 online resource (211 pages)
Series Wolverhampton Military Studies ; v. 9
Wolverhampton military studies.
Contents Cover; About the author; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Maps; Glossary; 1. Local Names and Terms; 2. Military Glossary; 3. Axis Formations and Terms; Series Editor's Preface; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; 2 Terrain; 3 Operation Compass to Beda Fomm, December 1940-February 1941.; 4 The defence of Cyrenaica and the two British retreats, April 1941 and January-February 1942; 5 Brevity and Battleaxe May-June 1941; 6 Operation 'Crusader' October-December 1941; 7 Gazala and Tobruk, May-June 1942; 8 Mersa Matruh and First Alamein, June-July 1942
9 Alam Halfa and Second Alamein, 30 August-4 November 194210 Medenine, Mareth, Wadi Akirit and Tunis, March-13 May 1943; 11 Other factors: British doctrine, training, equipment, command, and intelligence; 12 Conclusion; Appendix: British Army Unit Organisations; Bibliography; Index
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Subject World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Africa, North.
Military geography -- Africa, North
Military doctrine -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century
HISTORY -- Europe -- Western.
Military campaigns
Military doctrine
Military geography
North Africa
Great Britain
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781912174423
1912174421