The Mediterranean and Middle East: (September 1941 to September 1942) British Fortunes Reach Their Lowest Ebb, Official Campaign Histor v. III (History ... Second World War: United Kingdom Military)

Customer Reviews

A must have! Excellent book! - By: Carl, 26 Feb 2008
This is the first volume of the British Official History covering the fighting by British & Allied forces in the Mediterranean, East Africa & the Middle East.

The volume covers not only the military side of this campaign but the political & logistical sides too further increasing our understanding of the situation the British & alllied forces were in when Italy went to war with Britain & Commonwealth.

While the authors freely admit the cannot go into minute detail when describing the battles & operations, as one would find in a book dedicated to that particular event, hey do provide an excellent coverage of the fighting.

There are a few flaws with this book & alll of the Official Histories, since they were originallly published in the decades following the war. Where intelligence has been gathered & from hindsight we know it was via Ultra or other services it is glossed over & how this information was gathered is not discussed. While the book is full of maps, one does feel sometimes they are not 100% helpful & a few more would have been nice.

Regardless of the last paragraph this is an excellent book & a must buy for anyone interested in studying or researching the war in this theatre.

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