the Desert Fox and the fall of Tobruk, spring 1942Mitcham, Samuel W.creatortextbibliographycauNovato, CAPresidio Press�19981998monographiceng

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xi, 243 pages : maps ; 23 cmIn 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.Samuel W. Mitcham Jr.Includes bibliographical references (pages 198-231) and indexes.f-ly---Rommel, Erwin1891-1944Rommel, Erwin1891-1944Rommel, Erwin fast (OCoLC)fst01152036 https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39Qhp4vB9k8fHWtmVGPBQf8Xm 1941-1942 fast Tobruk, Battles of, Tobruk, Libya, 1941-1942Batailles de Tobrouk, Tobrouk, Libye, 1941-1942LibyaTobrukTobrukKommandounternehmenD766.93 .M58 Mitcham, Samuel W.Novato, CA : Presidio Press, �1998(OCoLC)605328728089141656097808914165620891417303978089141730998012169DLC98012020240701180811.0ocm38270862 eng