A History of the Mediterranean Air War, 1940-1945: Volume 2 - North African Desert, February 1942 - March 1943

by Giovanni Massimello and Christopher Shores

Book Overview

The first volume of this series dealt with the initial 19 months of the air war over the Western Desert of North Africa. This volume picks up the story as the 8th Army, following its hard-fought success in Operation Crusader, was forced back to the Gazala area, roughly midway between the Cyrenaican/Tripolitanian border of Libya and the frontier with Egypt.

It covers the lull prior to the disastrous defeat of the 8th Army in June 1942 and the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 190916612X
• ISBN13: 9781909166127
• Release Date: July 2014
• Publisher: Grub Street Publishing
• Length: 738 Pages
• Weight: 4.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.7" x 6.8" x 10.0"