Das Afrika Korps: Erwin Rommel and the Germans in Africa, 1941-43 Hardcover - 2010
by Franz Kurowski
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In his latest account of German soldiers in combat in World War II, Franz Kurowski journeys into the desert with the Afrika Korps, graphically depicting what it was like to sweat beneath the African sun, to taste the gritty sand, to serve under a brilliant commander like Erwin Rommel. From 1941 to 1943, this fighting force waged an impressive campaign that turned Rommel into the Desert Fox and secured the Afrika Korps a legendary place in military history. The Afrika Korps deployed to Africa as Germany's Italian allies teetered on the brink of collapse in early 1941. With high spirit and aggressive courage, the Afrika Korps roared into action and battled the British back and forth across the Western Desert--at places like El Agheila, Gazala, Tobruk, and El Alamein--for much of the next two years. The campaign then shifted into Tunisia, where the British onslaught combined with the arrival of the Americans and growing supply difficulties to force the Afrika Korps to surrender in May 1943. Kurowski's narrative focuses on the men who did the fighting, who endured not only enemy attacks but also the extremes of the desert climate, who experienced moments of sheer terror as well as occasions of humor, who saw war's savagery and its surprising, if brief, civility, and who counted themselves proud to be members of Germany's Afrika Korps. FRANZ KUROWSKI, who served as a journalist with the German Army in World War II, has written numerous books about the war. His other works include Jump into Hell, Panzer Aces, Panzers Aces II, Panzer Aces III, Panzergrenadier Aces, Infantry Aces, Luftwaffe Aces, and The Brandenburger Commandos.
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- Title Das Afrika Korps: Erwin Rommel and the Germans in Africa, 1941-43
- Author Franz Kurowski
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition First Edition
- Pages 256
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Stackpole Books, Mechanicsburg, PA
- Date 2010-03
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Bibliography, Dust Cover, Illustrated, Index, Maps, Table of Contents
- ISBN 9780811705912 / 0811705919
- Weight 1.25 lbs (0.57 kg)
- Dimensions 9.1 x 6.2 x 1 in (23.11 x 15.75 x 2.54 cm)
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Themes
- Chronological Period: 1940's
- Cultural Region: Germany
- Cultural Region: North Africa
- Library of Congress subjects Germany, World War, 1939-1945 - Regimental histories
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2009041826
- Dewey Decimal Code 940.541
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