This book looks at the Allied campaign during the Second World War against the Afrika Korps of Rommel. It will be indispensable to scholars and researchers of military history, especially British and German, battlefield history and defence and strategic studies.

Kaushik Roy is Guru Nanak Chair Professor at the Department of History, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India, and Global Fellow at the Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO), Norway.

Introduction

1 Rommel attacks: Battleaxe and lessons learnt

2 Desert Fox contained: Crusader

3 Triumph of the Desert Fox

4 Second and Third Alamein: the two battles that stopped Rommel

5 Endgame in Tunisia

Conclusion