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001			ocn952009832
003			OCoLC
005			20180208112000.0
008			040721s2004 enkfca g 001 0deng d
020			_a0439967902 (pbk.)
020			_a9780439967907 (pbk.)
035			_a(OCoLC)952009832
040			_aAUNTL _beng _cAUNTL _dOCLCO _dOCLCF
082	0	4	_a940.41 _222
100			_94328 _aEldridge, Jim, _d1944- _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aDesert Duel : _b[Montgomery & Rommel fought in a..] / _cJim Eldridge.
260			_aLondon., [England] : _bScholastic Children's Books, _c2004 .
300			_a157 pages, [8]pages plates; _billustrations, portraits; _c20cm.
490	0		_aDouble take
500			_aIncludes Index.
520			_aThe story begins with the success of Rommel's Afrika Korps in the North African desert in 1941/42, having pushed the British army back to Alam El Halfa. Defeat for the British and Allied forces in North Africa looks inevitable. The text will then take the usual alternating chapter approach to take the action right up to the decisive Battle of Alamein in November 1942. We encounter Montgomery's appointment as leader of the now legendary Eighth Army, and Rommel's fight to press home his advantage by advancing at speed towards Cairo and the Nile. Then comes the battle at Alam El Halfa, with Rommel's army encountering unexpected opposition from British artillery and heavy RAF attacks. His forces are forced to withdraw. Rommel, and many of his men, fall ill at this point, and Rommel is sent back to Austria for treatment. Having met Mussolini, Hitler and Goering to discuss the North African situation, he then decides that it is vital to destroy the Allied supply base in Malta to prevent Montgomery and his men from receiving supplies. Montgomery's planned offensive at El Alamein begins and both sides hold their positions. Only at the start of November do Rommel's counter-attacks begin to fail, with heavy losses. A last stand fails and Montgomery launches a final onslaught, driving Rommel's forces west. Many of Rommel's men surrender.
600		0	_aRommel, Erwin, _d1891-1944 _xMilitary service. _924688
600		0	_aMontgomery of Alamein, Bernard Law Montgomery, _cViscount, _d1887-1976. _924689
611		0	_aAlam Halfa, Battle of (Egypt : 1942) _924690
611		0	_aEl Alamein, Battle of (Egypt : 1942) _924691
611		0	_aWorld War (1939-1945) _920299
648		0	_a1939-1945 _922209
650		0	_aWorld War, 1939-1945 _xCampaigns _924692 _vJuvenile literature.
650		0	_aEl Alamein, Battle of, Egypt, 1942. _924693 _vJuvenile literature.
650		0	_aAlam Halfa, Battle of, Egypt, 1942. _924694 _vJuvenile literature.
651		0	_aEgypt. _924387 _vJuvenile literature.
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