Military History

Illustrations from b&w photographs, 12 maps showing various stages of the battle, index, 271 pp, blue cloth in d/w, one-inch tear to d/w at base of spine, edges of d/w a little creased, otherwise in very good condition, Batsford 1964

22 x 14.4 cm, 730g, no ISBN

The battle in the Second World War in the Libyan desert between the British Eighth Army and Rommel’s Panzer Divisions.  The author concludes that the decisive German victory was largely due to the superior German anti-tank guns, rather than to its tanks.

See the description (below) from the dustwrapper flap.