{"product_id":"gazala-1942-rommels-greatest-victory-campaign-196","title":"Gazala 1942: Rommel's greatest victory (Campaign, 196)","description":"Gazala 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.\n\nIn 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\u003eASIN: 1846032644\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: DBV.1846032644.VG\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Very Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Ford, Ken|White, John\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: Pages are clean with no markings. May show minor signs of wear or cosmetic defects  marks, cuts, bends, or scuffs  on the cover, spine, pages, or dust jacket. May have remainder marks on edges.  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dream Books Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41593733677114,"sku":"DBV.1846032644.VG","price":13.56,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/6011\/0138\/files\/1846032644-0.jpg?v=1786676951","url":"https:\/\/shop.dreambooksco.com\/products\/gazala-1942-rommels-greatest-victory-campaign-196","provider":"Dream Books Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}