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The delivery of an alliance that evolved the course of history. From the best-selling author of Fortress Malta, this is the second reserve in the Mediterranean war trilogy. This audiobook appears afresh at the conflict in North Africa, focusing for the first time on the engagement of the US and the way this early collaboration to defeat Rommel shaped the complete Anglo-American axis for the rest of the war in Europe. By June 1942, Britain had reached her most affordable ebb. Her armed service command was at tatters, her armies beaten, and in the Middle East it looked like all might be lost. Her new ally, America, had only fledgling armed forces and was seriously under-trained, yet it was this alliance of the weary combatant and naïve newcomer, coming together for the first time in North Africa, that would eventually lead to the defeat of Nazi Germany. This essential period - from defeat at Gazala through to the victories of Alamein and finally in Tunisia - was a period of learning for the Allies, yet by the end Britain and America had finally gained materials and certain tactical advantages over Germany, especially in the air warfare. As this reserve shows, the development of a tactical air force - ideas that are still used to this day - were founded above the skies of North Africa. If the Axis pushes were finally motivated from North Africa in May 1943, over 250,000 Axis soldiers were taken prisoner, more than had surrendered to the Russians at Stalingrad. It was a major win and a crucial steppingstone to the future invasion of Italy and France. In this new reappraisal, Wayne Holland also interweaves the non-public tales of the men - and women - who constructed these polyglot Allied pushes: English and North american, Nepalese and Punjabi, South African and Australian, Maori and Zulu, from all ranks and all services. From heat and dust particles of the Traditional western Desert to the mud and mountains of North Tunisia, this reserve charts the remarkable first days of an Alliance that has worked together ever since.
