One of the most famous units in all of military history is the British Eighth Army-the men who defeated the German Afrika Korps-and whose full story appears for the first time in this exceptional book. Their initial combats in World War II were during Operation Crusader in North Africa, after which they adopted the crusader's cross as their symbol. They faced Rommel, the dreaded "Desert Fox," in swirling battles of fire and maneuver until forced back into Egypt, fighting the Afrika Korps to a standstill along the "El Alemain Line." But not for long! Under the leadership of General Bernard Montgomery, the men of Eighth Army were soon on the march, earning one of the first decisive Allied victories of the war. After forcing the wily Rommel to withdraw from Africa, the Eighth went on to participate in the invasion of Sicily, and then in the long and bloody Italian campaign. Through it all, the men of the Eighth, drawn from every corner of the British Empire, stood tall, and when the war was over, their 32 Victoria Crosses, half of them posthumous, were ample testimony to the gallantry and daring they had shown in every phase of the war.Richard Doherty is a Londonderry-based military historian, writer and broadcaster whose father served in the Eighth Army in North Africa. A Noble Crusade is his eighth book.The full story of Britain's desert army from beginning to end has never before been told. Color cover features the 38th Irish Brigade at Monte Cassino
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Historian, writer and broadcaster Richard Doherty's published works include seven previous books and a number of articles. He has researched and presented several highly-acclaimed series for BBC Radio Ulster as well as researching and presenting TV programmes on the battle of the Boyne. A Member of military historical societies in the UK, Ireland and USA, he is the son of an Eighth Army soldier, and a trustee of the Regimental Museum of the Royal Irish Fusiliers and of the Royal Irish Regimental Museum. Married to Carol, a teacher, he has three teenage children, Joanne, James and Catriona.
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North Africa is a land of sand seas and pyramids, of dry heat and flies, of khamsins and mirages, of romance and history. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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North Africa is a land of sand seas and pyramids, of dry heat and flies, of khamsins and mirages, of romance and history. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
troops inc, motor brigade, army tank brigade, armoured brigade, armour support, army group command, armoured division, reconnaissance regiment, medium regiments, enemy armour, heavy shellfire, thirty tanks, field regiment, coastal sector, tank strength, armoured regiment, desert war, supporting tanks Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Eighth Army, Afrika Korps, New Zealanders, Fifth Army, South African, Victoria Cross, Irish Brigade, North Africa, Middle East, Sidi Rezegh, London Irish, Gothic Line, Guards Brigade, Indian Brigade, Tenth Army, Canadian Corps, Western Desert Force, Bir Hakeim, Royal Irish Fusiliers, Desert Fox, Canadian Division, Support Group, Frontier Force, Lancashire Fusiliers, Rifle Brigade New!
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- And We Shall Shock Them: The British Army in the Second World War by Sir David Fraser on 11 pages
- Desert Generals by Correlli Barnett on 8 pages
- An Army in Exile: The Story of the Second Polish Corps (Allied Forces Series) by Wladyslaw Anders on 6 pages
- The Mediterranean and Middle East: The Germans Come to the Help of Their Ally (1941) v. 2 (History of 2nd World War, U.K.Military History) by I.S.O. Playfair on 6 pages
- The Italian Campaign by John Strawson in Front Matter, page 293, and Back Matter
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