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From Gazala to Tunis - 422 Days in the Life of the 2nd Battalion, the Rifle Brigade (Hardcover)
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From Gazala to Tunis - 422 Days in the Life of the 2nd Battalion, the Rifle Brigade (Hardcover)
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From Gazala to Tunisia: 422 Days in the Life of the 2nd Battalion,
The Rifle Brigade is the story of the riflemen and their battles of
Gazala to the successful end of the North African campaign. These
422 days include the bitter battles of Gazala, the conflict around
the Cauldron, the loss of Tobruk before the forced withdrawal with
the remainder of the Eighth Army, along the Mediterranean Coast and
finally digging in at Alamein. Due to their involvement in the
battles around the Alamein Line, the Mine Task Force opened gaps in
the Axis defences which allowed British armour to overwhelm the
Germans. The riflemen of the 2nd Battalion took on the enemy in the
battles at the Mareth Line and Wadi Akirit in Tunisia before
joining the First Army in the final conflicts that brought the
North African campaign to a successful conclusion. It was this
battalion that marched two miles into enemy lines to take
occupation of the Snipe position, feeling the full brunt of
Rommel's counterattack, before marching back 36 hours later. It has
been said that Alamein was the turning point of the war and that
Snipe was the turning point of Alamein. This superb book tells all
these takes and more in a detailed, powerful and moving account of
the 2nd Battalion during its finest 15 months.
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