Title North Africa and the Middle East, 1939-1942 : Tobruk, Crete, Syria and East Africa / introduced and compiled by John Grehan and Martin Mace ; with additional research by Sara Mitchell

Published Barnsley, South Yorkshire : Pen & Sword Military, 2015

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Description 1 online resource Series Despatches from the front : the commanding officers' report from the field and at sea Despatches from the front. Contents List of Plates; Introduction; Abbreviations; 1. General Wavell's Despatch on operations, August 1939 toNovember 1940; 2. General Wavell's Despatch on operations, December 1940 toFebruary 1941; 3. General Wavell's Despatch on operations, February 1941 to15 July 1941; 4. General Auchinleck's Despatch on operations, 5 July 1941 to31 October 1941; 5. General Auchinlek's Despatch on operations, 1 November 1941 to15 August 1942; Index Summary The Middle East Command in the SecondWorld War covered a vast region, stretchingacross Egypt, Libya, Malta, Palestine andTransjordan, Cyprus, Sudan, Eritrea, most ofSyria and a small part of Iraq, and includedsome forty different languages. At one pointit also oversaw operations in Greece, Kenyaand British Somaliland. Its campaign area ranfor a thousand miles from the Jordan to theHorn of Africa. Initially under the leadership of General SirArchibald Wavell, Middle East Command'searly actions were in contending with theItalian forces in Libya and Italian East Africa. He was soon distracted by th Notes Vendor-supplied metadata Subject Wavell, Archibald Percival Wavell, Earl of, 1883-1950 -- Military leadership SUBJECT Wavell, Archibald Percival Wavell, Earl of, 1883-1950 fast Subject Great Britain. Army. Middle East Forces -- History SUBJECT Great Britain. Army. Middle East Forces fast Subject World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Africa, North -- Sources World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Africa, East -- Sources Tobruk, Battles of, Tobruk, Libya, 1941-1942. El Alamein, Battle of, Egypt, 1942. World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Middle East -- Sources HISTORY -- Europe -- Western. Military campaigns Command of troops Africa, East North Africa Egypt Libya -- Tobruk Middle East Genre/Form History Sources Form Electronic book Author Grehan, John, compiler. Mace, Martin, compiler. Mitchell, Sara (Military history researcher), researcher ISBN 9781473852471 1473852471 9781473852358 1473852358

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