Alamein world war two

  HarperCollins Publishers. Hardback. Book Condition: Very good, 2009, 1st edition. 388 pp. Alamein, Iain Gale, The superb novelist of men at war moves into the twentieth century and World War Two, telling the story of the eleven days in the sands of North Africa that would change history forever. There are some battles that change the course of history: Alamein is one of those. In October 1942, Britain and its allies were in real difficulties: Germany and its Axis partners seemed to be triumphant everywhere - in Europe, in Russia, in the Atlantic and were now poised to take the Suez Canal. It was in North Africa that the stand was made, that the tide of World War Two began to turn. It was a battle of strong characters: the famous battle commander Rommel and the relatively untested new British commander, Montgomery, leading men who fought through an extraordinary eleven day battle, in an unforgiving terrain, amid the swirling sandstorms and the desert winds. Iain Gale, author of the outstanding historical novel Four Days in June on the battle of Waterloo, tells the dramatic story through seven characters, almost all based on real people. Drawn from both sides of the conflict, they include a major from a Scottish brigade, the young lieutenant in the thick of the tank battle, the Australian sergeant with the infantry, the tank commander of the Panzer Division and the charismatic Italian commander of a parachute battalion. Through them and others we see the flow of battle, the strategies, the individual actions and skirmishes, the fear, the determination, the extraordinary courage on both sides.

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Condition As Per Photos.WORLD WAR TWO 1939-45 STAR&WAR MEDAL TO A SERGEANT IN THE SOUTH AFRICAN ARTILLERY & SERVICE PAPERS. Sergeant Powell saw action in North Africa and Italy with the Anti- Tank Regiments (SEE SCAN BELOW). He was entitled to 6 Medals, including the 8th Army Clasp. (Only the 1939-45 Star and War Medal are on auction - the rest of the medals are missing).Included in the auction are 9 Pages of his service papers PLEASE NO FOREIGN BIDDERS FROM OTHER COUNTRIES ! SHIPPING WITHIN SOUTH AFRICA ONLY !  SOLD AS IS List of his service during the War  

Condition As Per Photos.WORLD WAR TWO UNION SOUTH AFRICA GENERAL SERVICE CAP BADGE & COLLARS ALL LUGS INTACT  PLEASE NO FOREIGN BIDDERS FROM OTHER COUNTRIES !  SHIPPING WITHIN SOUTH AFRICA ONLY !  SOLD AS IS    

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