In 1940, British forces, outnumbered and reeling from the Dunkirk retreat, faced the Italian advance in North Africa. Led by General O’Connor, a desperate counterattack turned the tide ...

With the Axis in the ascendancy in North Africa and optimistic of taking the Suez canal, the battles of El Alamein were ...

They follow the actions of the Italian Army in the subsequent campaigns in North Africa, in which Erwin Rommel and his Afrika Korps were prominent. They point out, while often deprecating their ...

Need pasta, parmesan, or pizza and the Italians have you covered. Ask them to build you a tank…and, well, the results are ...

The 1935-36 invasion of Ethiopia (Abyssinia) is covered by only one chapter, so this work's focus is on World War II in the Horn of Africa. Physically the book is well produced, with numerous ...