The Foxes of the Desert
by Paul Carell
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Here for the first time from the German viewpoint and with a great deal of hitherto unpublished material is the complete story of one of the most bitterly fought, exciting campaigns in modern warfare. Foxes of the Desert is the definitive work on the Afrika Korps and the other German forces who served in the Western Desert and Tunisia during World War II. Dominating the story are the personality and the brilliant strategy and tactics of the wily, fast-thinking and hard-hitting "Desert Fox," show more Field Marshal Erwin Rommel. In fascinating detail the author tells the full story of the great German master of desert armored warfare and his men and the other German forces in North Africa, during their many months of bitterly contested fighting against the pick of Britain's forces under such commanders as Wavell, Auchinleck, and finally Montgomery, and the Americans under Eisenhower. Here are the famous siege of Tobruk; Rommel's celebrated surprise push in the early spring of 1941 when the Afrika Korps captured Mersa el Brega and Agedabia and rolled on far eastward into Bardia and Sollum; the battle of Halfaya ("Hellfire") Pass; the great tank battle on the Gazala front; the Germans' capture of Tobruk, with 33,000 prisoners and vast booty; the fateful battles of Alam Halfa and El Alamein; and the bloody campaign in Tunisia. Interwoven are fascinating accounts of the work of the German Secret Service; of the British Long Range Desert Group, and of its German counterpart, the Brandenburg Group. Numerous other commando operations and exciting exploits of espionage and sabotage are described in detail for the first time. As a result of personal interviews with over a thousand combatants, tireless reading, and painstaking research, Paul Carell has skillfully blended a mass of new and exciting information into a dramatic and completely authentic narrative. As a story of strategy and battle, Foxes of the Desert is both exhaustive and engrossing, and, as authorative history, it cannot be overlooked by anyone wishing a full understanding of World War II. This edition contains a new preface by Paul Carell who is also the author of Invasion! They're Coming!, Scorched Earth, Hitler Moves East, Stalingrad: The Defeat of the German 6th Army, and Operation Barbarossa in Photographs. b/w photos show lessTags
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- Canonical title
- The Foxes of the Desert
- Original title
- Die Wüstenfüchse
- Original publication date
- 1958
- People/Characters
- Bernard Law Montgomery; Erwin Rommel
- Important places
- Tunisia; Tobruk; El Alamein, Egypt; Egypt; Africa; North Africa
- Important events
- World War II; Second Battle of El Alamein; North African Campaign (1940-06-10 | 1943-05-13); Western Desert Campaign (1940-06-01 | 1943-02-04); Tunisia Campaign (1942-11-17 | 1943-05-13); Operation Torch (1942-11-08 | 1942-11-16)
- Related movies
- The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel (1951 | IMDb); Tobruk (1967 | IMDb); The Rats of Tobruk (1944 | IMDb); Sahara (1943 | IMDb)
- Epigraph
- "We have a very daring and skilful opponent against us and may I say across the havoc of war, a great general."
Sir Winston Churchill
in the House of Commons, January 1942 - Dedication
- I dedicate this book to the memory of the fallen of both sides and trust that it may serve as a warning to the living.
-This dedication is the last line of the preface. - First words
- A silent pitch black night shrouded North Africa.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)What better commentary on the futility of war?
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- Nonfiction, History, General Nonfiction
- DDC/MDS
- 940.5423 — History & geography History of Europe History of Europe 1918- Military history of World War II Campaigns and battles by theatre
- LCC
- D766.82 .S3513 — History of Europe, Asia, Africa and Oceania History (General) World War II (1939-1945)
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