Desert Armour: Tank Warfare in North Africa: Beda Fomm to Operation Crusader, 1940–41

Robert Forczyk covers the development of armoured warfare in North
Africa from the earliest Anglo-Italian engagements in 1940 to the
British victory over the German Afrikakorps in Operation Crusader in 1941.
The
war in the North African desert was pure mechanized warfare, and in
many respects the most technologically advanced theatre of World War II.
It was also the only theatre where for three years British and
Commonwealth, and later US, troops were in constant contact with Axis
forces.
World War II best-selling author Robert Forczyk explores
the first half of the history of the campaign, from the initial Italian
offensive and the arrival of Rommel's Panzergruppe Afrika to the
British Operation Crusader offensive that led to the relief of
Tobruk. He examines the armoured forces, equipment, doctrine, training,
logistics and operations employed by both Allied and Axis forces
throughout the period, focusing especially on the brigade and regimental
level of operations.
Fully illustrated throughout with
photographs, profile artwork and maps, and featuring tactical-level
vignettes and appendices analysing tank data, tank deliveries in-theatre
and orders of battle, this book goes back to the sources to provide a
new study of armoured warfare in the desert.