Colin Smith, John Bierman

Great Battles: The Battle of Alamein (eBook, ePUB)

North Africa 1942

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Penguin Specials are designed to fill a gap. Written to be read over a long commute or a short journey, they are original and exclusively in digital form. In this Special, Colin Smith and John Bierman make the battle of Alamein come alive.

A turning point in the Second World War, the battle of El Alamein was the culmination of a military campaign like no other. Fought across desolate arid terrain, the brutal fighting was matched by a camaraderie and respect between enemies as witnessed in no other theatre of war. Combining gritty personal testimonies with thorough journalistic investigation, John Bierman and Colin Smith present a compelling account of a ferocious but compassionate battle and a journey through the unforgiving North African landscape.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Penguin Books Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 64
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Dezember 2011
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780241962404
• Artikelnr.: 38196390

Autorenporträt

John Bierman and Colin Smith are both award winning journalists writing for most major newspapers. They have seperately published a number of previous books, including Alamein: War Without Hate. Their first, Fire in the Night, was a widely praised biography of the maverick British commander, Orde Wingate.