03134cam a2200565 a 4500 ocm38270862 OSt 20240701180811.0 ta 980120s1998 caub b 001 0 eng 98012169 011712981 Uk 0891416560 9780891416562 0891417303 9780891417309 AU@ 000013668979 GEBAY 2860869 NLGGC 166735027 NZ1 3948304 UKMGB 011712981 YDXCP 1467624 (OCoLC)38270862 DLC eng DLC BAKER BTCTA YDXCP OCLCG ZCU GEBAY OCLCO OCLCF OCLCQ OCL W2U OCLCA UKMGB OCLCQ OCLCO OCL OCLCO OCLCL OCLCQ OCLCL f-ly--- D766.93 .M58 Mitcham, Samuel W. Rommel's greatest victory : the Desert Fox and the fall of Tobruk, spring 1942 / Samuel W. Mitcham Jr. Novato, CA : Presidio Press, �1998. xi, 243 pages : maps ; 23 cm text txt rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia volume nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (pages 198-231) and indexes. In May of 1942, Erwin Rommel, already famed as the "Desert Fox," launched an audacious campaign against the British forces defending the road to Alexandria, the Suez canal, and the oil-rich Middle East. The prize was Tobruk, the most important port along the Libyan coast east of Tripoli, the Axis base of operations. Possession of this fortress would give the Afrika Korps a secure base of supply almost a thousand miles closer to the Egyptian border. The spring 1942 battle for Tobruk is a study of Rommel, the foremost strategist and tactician of his generation, at his best, daring but never foolhardy. It also studies Rommel the combat leader at his greatest, discerning the critical moment in time and the critical point on the battlefield, and then being present to personally influence the result. Rommel, Erwin, 1891-1944. Rommel, Erwin, 1891-1944 fast (OCoLC)fst00029170 https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJgMFfQjmrqHWhqbFvHcT3 Rommel, Erwin. swd fast (OCoLC)fst01152036 https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39Qhp4vB9k8fHWtmVGPBQf8Xm 1941-1942 fast Tobruk, Battles of, Tobruk, Libya, 1941-1942. Batailles de Tobrouk, Tobrouk, Libye, 1941-1942. Libya Tobruk. fast (OCoLC)fst01297306 https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJhddbbfPKYMJvTHkHJbh3 Tobruk Kommandounternehmen gnd has work: Rommel's greatest victory (Text) https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCGG4yT3dcwVh9TKmKDwMrm https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/ontology/hasWork Online version: Mitcham, Samuel W. Rommel's greatest victory. Novato, CA : Presidio Press, �1998 (OCoLC)605328728 lcc BK 0 NO HOLDINGS IN GHUCC - 214 OTHER HOLDINGS 832 832 0 0 lcc 0 0 REF GAFC GAFC GEN 2024-07-01 0 D766.93 .M58 2024-1250 2024-07-01 18:15:37 c.1 2024-07-01 BK