{"product_id":"gazala-1942-ken-ford-9781846032646","title":"Gazala 1942: Rommel's Greatest Victory","description":"\u003cp\u003eGazala was Rommel's greatest victory in World War II (1939-1945). After a period of stalemate in the desert war, during which both the British Eighth Army and the Afrika Korps had rested and regrouped, he carried out a daring flanking movement around the strong Allied defensive position. The British command could not match Rommel's masterly co-ordination of armor, artillery and infantry, even when encircled in an area that became known as \"the Cauldron\", and his outstanding generalship and a timely break-through by his Italian troops enabled him to win a clear victory after 16 days of fierce fighting. However, although the strategically important town of Tobruk quickly fell, Gazala was actually a high-water mark and failure to break the British at Alam Halfa two months later was followed by defeat for the over-extended Afrika Korps by the greatly strengthened Eighth Army at El Alamein. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this important addition to the Campaign series' coverage of the North African desert war, regular contributor Ken Ford vividly portrays the \"Desert Fox\" at the height of his powers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ken Ford\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1846032644\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781846032646\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Osprey Publishing (UK)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/20\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 96\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.68lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.82h x 7.20w x 0.38d","brand":"Ken Ford","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43938942615807,"sku":"9781846032646","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_8bf8c593-e93f-45b3-9cf1-d5bce02019c6.jpg?v=1681438579","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/gazala-1942-ken-ford-9781846032646","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}