Download e-book for kindle: Operation Compass 1940: Wavell's whirlwind offensive by Jon Latimer,Jim Laurier

By Jon Latimer,Jim Laurier

the 1st conflict of the wilderness battle, Operation Compass used to be initially envisaged as a spoiling assault, mixed with a reconnaissance in strength to disrupt the Italian forces that had complex into Egypt in September 1940. Lt Gen. Richard O'Connor introduced what amounted to a British 'Blitzkrieg'. In under months the British forces swept 500 miles alongside the coast of North Africa. seventh Armoured department raced around the barren region to chop off the taking flight Italians, and O'Connor's males destroyed nine Italian divisions, and took 130,000 prisoners. In March 1941 common Rommel and the Afrikakorps landed at Tripoli.

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