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Rommel and the Secret War in North Africa: Secret Intelligence in the North African Campaign 1941-43 (Hardcover)
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Rommel and the Secret War in North Africa: Secret Intelligence in the North African Campaign 1941-43 (Hardcover)
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In this new book, Janusz Piekalkiewicz chronicles the British
Secret Inteligence Service (SIS) and the "Ultra" secret, and its
effect on the campaign in North Africa during the Secon World War.
On the German side, Rommel also knew the use of intercepted enemy
messages - an awareness that the British were able to gain only
much too late and after many sacrifices. The decoding of Rommel's
radio messages, which were coded using the "Enigma" cipher machine,
provided the British command with unawaited possibilities, which
are described for the first time. These behind the scenes
activities are depicted here on a day-to-day basis. Before this
background, many decisions by the British high command in the Near
East in their battle against the "Desert Fox" are now understood
for the first time. The fact that many of Rommel's operations
described as strokes of genius in military history were only
possible thanks to the constant information from his surveillance
company, was learned by the British leadership only on July 10,
1942; during the previous night, units of the Australian 9th
Division had made a bold move and captured the German Intelligence
Long Range Reconnaissance Company 621 at Tel el Eisa. It had been
Rommel's ear in the enemy's camp. Its elimination can be regarded
as the real turning point in the North American Janusz
Piekalkiewicz (1925-1988) was a world-renowned author on many
aspects of World War II history. Over 30 of his books are in print
including BMW Motorcycles in World War II, and The German 88 Gun in
Combat, from Schiffer Military History.
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