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Splinters: A Different Alamein
September 1942. Erwin Rommel is trying to break through the British lines at the Battle of Alam Halfa. But before he can withdraw to safety a bomb splinter interrupts him - rather permanently. For the Afrika Korps the war in North Africa is about to change. And not for the better.
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172 pages, Kindle Edition
First published November 9, 2013
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June 26, 2019
The importance of Rommel, October 20, 2015
This review is from: Splinters: A Different Alamein (Kindle Edition)
Major changes result after Rommel's death from a shell splinter at the beginning of the battle of El Alamein. All of those changes bad for the Axis powers. Mr. Jones obviously believes that Rommel was vital to Panzer Army Africa. A belief with which I concur, though in addition to losing Rommel, all of the breaks go to the Allies in this book. A circumstance which seems to light a fire under the real life plodding Montgomery. Losing Rommel would have been catastrophic but some of the chance happenings of war would have favored the Axis. Despite the new, improved, not very believable, lightning Monty and the "gods of war" showering almost as unbelievable largesse on the Allies, I found the book to be well written, reasonably edited and thoroughly enjoyable. Some knowledge of World War Two history and the North African campaign in particular are needed to appreciate all of the changes and what would likely have happened after North Africa in this altered landscape. I hope Mr. Jones writes a sequel. This review is from the Kindle e-book published November 9, 2013.
This review is from: Splinters: A Different Alamein (Kindle Edition)
Major changes result after Rommel's death from a shell splinter at the beginning of the battle of El Alamein. All of those changes bad for the Axis powers. Mr. Jones obviously believes that Rommel was vital to Panzer Army Africa. A belief with which I concur, though in addition to losing Rommel, all of the breaks go to the Allies in this book. A circumstance which seems to light a fire under the real life plodding Montgomery. Losing Rommel would have been catastrophic but some of the chance happenings of war would have favored the Axis. Despite the new, improved, not very believable, lightning Monty and the "gods of war" showering almost as unbelievable largesse on the Allies, I found the book to be well written, reasonably edited and thoroughly enjoyable. Some knowledge of World War Two history and the North African campaign in particular are needed to appreciate all of the changes and what would likely have happened after North Africa in this altered landscape. I hope Mr. Jones writes a sequel. This review is from the Kindle e-book published November 9, 2013.
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