The Crucible of War, 1939-1945
The Crucible of War, 1939-1945

Author: Brereton Greenhous

Publisher: University of Toronto Press

Published: 1994-01-01

Total Pages: 1148

ISBN-13: 9780802005748

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The RCAF, with a total strength of 4061 officers and men on 1 September 1939, grew by the end of the war to a strength of more than 263,000 men and women. This important and well-illustrated new history shows how they contributed to the resolution of the most significant conflict of our time.

The Crucible of War: Wavell's command
The Crucible of War: Wavell's command

Author: Barrie Pitt

Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 352

ISBN-13: 9780304359509

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Throughout the first three years of the Second World War, the North African desert was a strategically vital theatre of operations. This is the story of one of the most extraordinary of victories. Of how Wavell and his general, O'Connor despite being out-numbered, routed Graziani's forces, pushing the Italians back hundreds of miles and taking thousands of prisoners. However this brilliant and astonishing victory was short lived, for Rommel and his Africa Korps were dispatched in early 1941 to turn the tide agains the British. Pitt's excellent narrative style breathes new life into this exhilarating campaign.