The life and death of the Afrika Korps

By Ronald Lewin

Book Overview

Well-adapted to its environment and with its passionate sense of self-identity and inner unity, the Afrika Korps was a smooth-functioning and militarily efficient fighting force. Since it had the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0812906829
• ISBN13: 9780812906820
• Release Date: January 1977
• Publisher: Quadrangle/New York Times Book
• Length: 207 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Quick and Easy History of North Africa in WWII

I think what distinguishes this book from others on Rommel and the Afrika Korps is that Lewin writes it in the style of a biography. He treats the Arika Korps as a living entitty from its conception, through its infancy, adolescence, and ultimately death. Lewin describes the battles lucidly and to the point, although they would be easier to follow with better maps (a problem found in most operational battle histories.) His bias toward Montgomery also comes through loud and clear.