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North Africa and the Middle East 1942-1944 : El Alamein, Tunisia, Algeria and Operation Torch / introduced and compiled by John Grehan and Martin Mace with additional research by Sara Mitchell

Contributor(s): Grehan, John [compiler.] | Mace, Martin [compiler.]Series: Despatches from the front, the Commanding Officers' reports from the field and at seaDescription: xiv, 247 pages: illustrations, maps ; 24 cmISBN: 9781783461943Other title: El Alamein, Tunisia, Algeria and Operation TorchSubject(s): Cunningham of Hyndhope, Andrew Browne Cunningham, Viscount, 1883-1963 -- Correspondence | Wilson, Henry Maitland Wilson, Baron, 1881- -- Correspondence | Alexander of Tunis, Harold Rupert Leofric George Alexander, Earl, 1891-1969 -- Correspondence | Anderson, Kenneth, 1891-1959 -- Correspondence | Great Britain. Army -- Records and correspondence | World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Africa, North -- Sources | Operation Torch, 1942 | El Alamein, Battle of, Egypt, 1942DDC classification: 940.54/231 LOC classification: D766.82. | N67 2015
Contents:
Field Marshal Viscount Alexander of Tunis' Despatch on the African Campaign from El Alamein to Tunis, 10 August 1942 to 13 May, 1943 -- Admiral Sir Andrew Cunningham's Despatch on Operation Torch, the landings in North Africa, 22 October 1942 to 17 November 1942 -- Lieutenant General K.A.N. Anderson's Despatch on operations in North West Africa, 8 November 1942 to 13 May 1943 -- General Wilson's Despatch on operations, 16 February 1943 to 8 January 1944.
Summary: "Despatches in this volume include the despatch on the campaign from Alamein to Tunis, by Field Marshal the Viscount Alexander of Tunis, Deputy Commander-in-Chief Allied Forces North Africa; despatch on Operation Torch, the landings in North Africa, by Admiral of the Fleet Sir Andrew B. Cunningham; the despatch on the control of Sicilian Straits during final stages of North African Campaign by Admiral Cunningham; and the despatch on operations in North Africa November 1942 to May 1943, by Lieutenant-General K.A.N. Anderson, General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, 1st Army. This unique collection of original documents will prove to be an invaluable resource for historians, students and all those interested in what was one of the most significant periods in British military history"--From publisher.
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Includes index.

Field Marshal Viscount Alexander of Tunis' Despatch on the African Campaign from El Alamein to Tunis, 10 August 1942 to 13 May, 1943 -- Admiral Sir Andrew Cunningham's Despatch on Operation Torch, the landings in North Africa, 22 October 1942 to 17 November 1942 -- Lieutenant General K.A.N. Anderson's Despatch on operations in North West Africa, 8 November 1942 to 13 May 1943 -- General Wilson's Despatch on operations, 16 February 1943 to 8 January 1944.

"Despatches in this volume include the despatch on the campaign from Alamein to Tunis, by Field Marshal the Viscount Alexander of Tunis, Deputy Commander-in-Chief Allied Forces North Africa; despatch on Operation Torch, the landings in North Africa, by Admiral of the Fleet Sir Andrew B. Cunningham; the despatch on the control of Sicilian Straits during final stages of North African Campaign by Admiral Cunningham; and the despatch on operations in North Africa November 1942 to May 1943, by Lieutenant-General K.A.N. Anderson, General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, 1st Army. This unique collection of original documents will prove to be an invaluable resource for historians, students and all those interested in what was one of the most significant periods in British military history"--From publisher.