Military history

The Afrika Korps in Combat

The Afrika Korps in Combat

This unique collection of contemporary combat accounts provides a primary source insight into the reality of the Afrika Korps in combat actions from 1941-43 in Libya and Tunisia. This fascinating compilation includes action reports and Allied intelligence reports.

This book is part of the ‘Hitler’s War Machine’ series; a new military history range compiled and edited by Emmy Award winning author and historian Bob Carruthers. The series draws on primary sources and contemporary documents to provide a new insight into the true nature of Hitler’s Wehrmacht.

The series consultant is David Mcwhinnie creator of the award winning PBS series ‘Battlefield’.

Chapter 1. INTRODUCTION

Chapter 2. THE AFRIKA KORPS

Chapter 3. SUMMARY OF OPERATIONS IN NORTH AFRICA, 1940-1942

Chapter 4. DEVELOPMENTS IN DESERT WARFARE

Chapter 5. NOTES FROM THE NORTH AFRICAN THEATER

Chapter 6. A TACTICAL STUDY OF THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE GERMAN 88 MM ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUN AS AN ANTI-TANK WEAPON IN THE LIBYAN BATTLE

Chapter 7. CONSTRUCTION OF A GERMAN BATTALION DEFENSE AREA IN NORTH AFRICA

Chapter 8. OBSERVATIONS ON GERMAN ARTILLERY TACTICS

Chapter 9. ARMORED FORCE TACTICS IN THE MIDDLE EAST

Chapter 10. ENEMY ANTITANK MINE FIELDS AND BOOBY TRAPS IN AFRICA

Chapter 11. EMPLOYMENT OF ANTIAIRCRAFT FORCES WITH A GERMAN PANZER DIVISION IN LIBYA

Chapter 12. GERMAN SALVAGE PROCEDURE IN THE DESERT

Chapter 13. OPERATIONS OF THE GERMAN TANK RECOVERY PLATOON

Chapter 14. GERMAN TACTICS IN THE DESERT

Chapter 15. INITIAL ACTION ON THE EL ALAMEIN LINE

Chapter 16. GERMAN WIRE COMMUNICATION IN NORTH AFRICA

Chapter 17. GERMAN ATTACK AT EL ALAMEIN

Chapter 18. ENEMY MINEFIELDS AT EL ALAMEIN

Chapter 19. AXIS MOTOR VEHICLES IN NORTH AFRICA

Chapter 20. GERMAN PATROLS IN NORTH AFRICA

Chapter 21. GERMAN AIR SUPPORT OF TANKS IN AFRICA

Chapter 22. A GERMAN ANTITANK GUN EMPLACEMENT

Chapter 23. GERMAN 88'S IN TUNISIA

Chapter 24. ATTACK AGAINST GERMAN HEAVY TANK - PZKW 6

Chapter 25. NOTES ON SECURITY FROM THE MIDDLE EAST

Chapter 26. GERMAN MINE FIELDS IN LIBYA

Chapter 27. SMALL-ARMS FIRE AGAINST LOW-FLYING AIRCRAFT

Chapter 28. SECURITY MEASURES OF A GERMAN ARMORED DIVISION

Chapter 29. GERMAN CONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT OF STRONGPOINT

Chapter 30. SUMMARY AND EVALUATION OF OPERATIONS IN EGYPT

Chapter 31. GERMAN 21ST ARMORED DIVISION—DIVISION SUPPLY

Chapter 32. WATER SUPPLY OF A GERMAN TANK BATTALION IN LIBYA

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