desert war

When I received this, I thought it was quite a slim book. The introduction and end chapter, where the son describes visiting the Italian villages where his father was helped as an escapee, really just pad it out a bit. The title is a bit misleading because he is captured on his very first raid...

I asked for this book for a couple of reasons. As a scale modeller the photos would come in handy for future projects and my great-uncle Charlie fought in the Western Desert, so it's a campaign I've always had an interest in. Like the other Images of war book I had about armour in the battles...

This is another edition from the wonderful Images of War series by Pen and Sword books. This book covers the air war in the North African desert where army/air cooperation was rediscovered and finessed, making control of the air such a meaningful action. This book does have plenty of...