Tobruk / by Michael Carver
1964, First Edition. London : B.T. Batsford. Very good cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-torn and dust-dulled dust-wrapper. Spine of wrapper slightly sun-toned. Remains well-preserved overall. Item #479840
Physical description; 271 pages illustrations, maps, portraits. Notes; Includes index. Contents; The desert scene -- Crusaders prepare -- Sidi Rezegh : November 18th-21st 1941 -- Cunningham's crisis : November 22nd-25th -- Freyberg's fight : November 24th-December 1st -- Ritchie's riposte : December 1941-January 1942 -- Rommel returns : January-May 1942 -- Clash of armour : May 27th-June 2nd -- The cauldron : June 2nd-11th -- Decisive defeat : June 11th-16th -- Tobruk falls : June 17th-21st -- Bitter lessons. Subjects; 1941-1942. Tobruk, Battles of, Tobruk, Libya, 1941-1942. World War, 1939-1945 Campaigns Libya. World War, 1939-1945 Campaigns Africa, North.
Price: €18.95