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Immediate dispatch from Somerset. Nice book in great condition. Pages in excellent condition. No notes or highlighting. See images. Fantastic book.

About the book >.>.> The first battle of the desert war Operation Compass was originally envisaged as a spording attack combined with a reconnaissance in force to disrupt the Italian forces that had advanced into Egypt in September 1940 Lt Gen Richard O’Connor launched what amounted to a British ‘Blitzkrieg’. In less than two months the British forces swept 500 miles along the coast of North Africa. 7th Armoured Division raced across the desert to cut off the retreating Italians and O’Connor’s men destroyed 9 Italian divisions and took 130000 prisoners. One of the results of this dramatic victory was the arrival of General Ronunel and his Afrikakorps at Tripoli in March 1941. (LL)