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The Mediterranean and Middle East. Volume III (September 1941 to September 1942): British Fortunes Reach Their Lowest Ebb

The Mediterranean and Middle East. Volume III (September 1941 to September 1942): British Fortunes Reach Their Lowest Ebb

By Major-General I. S. O. Playfair and Others

H.M.S.O., British Information Services, 1960, 482 pp.

This volume in the official British war history deals chiefly with the military misfortunes in North Africa before the turning point of El Alamein.