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NameThe Army At War. The Destruction of an Army. The First Campaign in Libya. Sept 1940-Feb 1941
CategoryAction on Land
DepartmentMinistry Of Information
Issued ForWar Office
SO.Code70-382
Published Jan/1942
Pages64
FormP3
Size17.5 x 22.5
ARJ011.0/B
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Price£3.49
DescriptionThe campaign described in this book was the first example of a desert war between two fully mechanised armies. The nature of the country presented special problems - great distances, lack of water, and absence of cover - but its very size and featurelessness offered the fullest advantages to the army possessing superior mobility. This book will help you to understand the course of the campaign itself, and the conditions in which it was fought among the gigantic background of desert. The maps have been coloured to make them clearer.
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11th Hussars (Prince Albert’s Own) Babini, Valentino Admiral
1st Punjab Regiment Badoglio, Pietro, 1st Duke of Addis Abeba, 1st Marquess of Sabotino Aerodrome
4th Blackshirt Division Bagnold, Ralph Alger Air Force Squadron
6th Division Australia Bergonzoli, Annibale Anti-aircraft warfare
6th Rajputana Rifles Churchill, Winston Anti-tank warfare
6th Royal Tank Regiment Clayton, Patrick Andrew Artillery
7th Armoured Division Creagh, Michael O’Moore Bardia Bill
7th Rajput Regiment Eden, Robert Anthony, 1st Earl of Avon Battalion
Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders Graziani, Rodolfo, 1st Marquis of Neghelli Billet
British Empire Hauteclocque, Philippe François Marie Leclerc de Bivouac sack
Central India Horse (21st King George V’s Own Horse) Hitler, Adolf Bomber
Coldstream Guards Maletti, Pietro Breda 30
Fascist Party Mitford, Edward Cecil Osbaldeston Breda Ba.65
Free French Mittelhauser, Eugène Breda carrier
King’s Royal Rifle Corps Mussolini, Benito Bren Gun
Leicestershire Regiment Noguès, Charles Bridgehead
Long Range Desert Group O’Connor, Richard Nugent Brigade
Maletti Group Pétain, Henri Philippe Benoni Omer Joseph Bristol Blenheim
Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders Rommel, Erwin Johannes Eugen Casualty Clearing Station
Queen’s Royal Regiment Shaw, William Boyd Kennedy Colonel
Regia Aeronautica Steele, Donald Gavin Company
Rifle Brigade Tellera, Giuseppe Corned beef
Royal Air Force Wavell, Archibald Percival, 1st Earl Wavell Corps
Royal Army Ordnance Corps Wilson, Henry Maitland, 1st Baron Wilson Cruiser
Royal Army Service Corps Cruiser Tank
Royal Engineers Defensive fighting position
Royal Fusiliers Distinguished Conduct Medal
Royal Horse Artillery Division
The Royal Navy Dressing Station
Fiat CR.42 Falco
Fighter
Flame-thrower
Full general
Garrison
General Officer Commanding
Gunboat
Gunners
Hand Grenade
Hangar
Hawker Hurricane
Infantry
Laager
Light tank
Line of communication
Machine gun
Military airbase
Military Medal
Mine
Mortar
Naval fleet
Non-commissioned officer (NCO)
Observation Post
Pillbox
Platoon
Port
QF 25-pounder field gun
Rearguard
Reconnaissance
Reconnaissance Aircraft
Regiment
Rifle
S O S
Sapper
Sergeant
Shell
Tank
Tracer ammunition
Trim