The Battle for North Africa an elaborate yarn told with

an elaborate yarn told with honesty and hope

’ — NZ Booklovers

’ — Jenny Nicholls

New Zealand became less military-minded

Bill Manhire

The Battle for North Africa an elaborate yarn told withThe desperate weeks of desert warfare that gave the Allies hope that they could put Nazi Germany on the run In the early years of World War II, Germany shocked the world with a devastating blitzkrieg, rapidly conquered most of Europe, and pushed into North Africa. As the Allies scrambled to counter the Axis armies, the British Eighth Army confronted the experienced Afrika Corps, led by German field marshal Erwin Rommel, in three battles at El Alamein.