Operation Compass

Snapshots of War

Nonfiction, History, Military, World War II, Biography & Memoir
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Author: Victor Gregg ISBN: 9781448216796
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Publication: January 24, 2017
Imprint: Bloomsbury Caravel Language: English
Author: Victor Gregg
ISBN: 9781448216796
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Publication: January 24, 2017
Imprint: Bloomsbury Caravel
Language: English

Operation Compass was the first large Allied military operation of the Western Desert Campaign (1940–1943) during the Second World War.

The Western Desert Force, composed of around 30,000 men from British and other Commonwealth forces, advanced from Mersa Matruh on a five-day raid against the Italian positions of the 10th Army. Operation Compass continued long beyond its original limitations in order to exploit British success.

Victor Gregg takes us behind the scenes of this unforgiving terrain, to the sangars rather than the trenches, in an astonishing first-hand account of warfare. Through tender friendships and tea runs, devastating news from home and visible enemies on the horizon, Gregg goes beyond the graphic descriptions of injuries and front line action to show the psychological impact of daily life both on and off the battlefield.

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Operation Compass was the first large Allied military operation of the Western Desert Campaign (1940–1943) during the Second World War.

The Western Desert Force, composed of around 30,000 men from British and other Commonwealth forces, advanced from Mersa Matruh on a five-day raid against the Italian positions of the 10th Army. Operation Compass continued long beyond its original limitations in order to exploit British success.

Victor Gregg takes us behind the scenes of this unforgiving terrain, to the sangars rather than the trenches, in an astonishing first-hand account of warfare. Through tender friendships and tea runs, devastating news from home and visible enemies on the horizon, Gregg goes beyond the graphic descriptions of injuries and front line action to show the psychological impact of daily life both on and off the battlefield.

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