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A Noble Crusade - The History of the Eighth Army, 1941-1945 (Paperback)
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A Noble Crusade - The History of the Eighth Army, 1941-1945 (Paperback)
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Eighth Army was formed in Egypt in September 1941\. A year later,
under Montgomery, it defeated Rommel's Panzerarmee Afrika at El
Alamein which led to the victorious end of the North African
campaign at Tunis in May 1943. The controversial landings in Italy
in September 1943 followed the short Sicilian campaign. Tenacious
German resistance, exemplified by the protracted Monte Cassino
battle during the first half of 1944, made the Eighth Army's
advance north testing and costly. In April 1945, Eighth Army, now
commanded by General Dick McCreery, brilliantly attacked into the
plain of Lombardy overcoming the last Nazi defensive lines in
Italy. No less than thirty-four Victoria Crosses were awarded to
soldiers of Eighth Army who were drawn from every Empire and
Commonwealth country, including neutral Ireland, and nations such
as Poland occupied by the Nazis. Drawing on official records and
personal accounts, A Noble Crusade, first published in 1999, is a
superb and comprehensive history of the most famous British
military formation of the Second World War and, arguably, of all
time.
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