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The Second World War Series #6
El Alamein
1942.
After months of desperate fighting, the British have finally brought Rommel to a stop.
The enemy lie barely seventy miles from Alexandria, but can go no further. After a last, bloody attempt to break through, Rommel abandons his hopes of conquering Egypt.
Now, he must prepare for the British to attack.
The British Eighth Army, bolstered with fresh men and equipment, is faced with a daunting prospect. In front of them lie the hardened veterans of Rommel's Panzerarmee Afrika, the enemy determined to fight to the last man and bullet for every yard of ground.
For Jack and his section, the battle will be unlike anything they have experienced before, the fighting desperate as they struggle through the German defences.
Day after day the battle rages with no respite, the men drawing on the last of their strength and courage as they prepare for one final attack, the fate of the war hanging in the balance as the two armies fight for survival at a place called El Alamein.
After months of desperate fighting, the British have finally brought Rommel to a stop.
The enemy lie barely seventy miles from Alexandria, but can go no further. After a last, bloody attempt to break through, Rommel abandons his hopes of conquering Egypt.
Now, he must prepare for the British to attack.
The British Eighth Army, bolstered with fresh men and equipment, is faced with a daunting prospect. In front of them lie the hardened veterans of Rommel's Panzerarmee Afrika, the enemy determined to fight to the last man and bullet for every yard of ground.
For Jack and his section, the battle will be unlike anything they have experienced before, the fighting desperate as they struggle through the German defences.
Day after day the battle rages with no respite, the men drawing on the last of their strength and courage as they prepare for one final attack, the fate of the war hanging in the balance as the two armies fight for survival at a place called El Alamein.
320 pages, Kindle Edition
Published July 1, 2020
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About the author
Stuart Minor
45 books15 followersStuart Minor was born and raised in the rural county of Shropshire. Before becoming a professional writer he worked in a number of different trades and countries, seeing the world and doing everything from labouring to management. He has a degree in history and has been writing full-time since 2014 when he published his first novel: The Call of War. Since then he has seen considerable success, his series of sixteen books set in the First World War receiving high acclaim.
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July 24, 2020
This series just gets better and better
El Alamein the beginning of the end. The first battle, the madness confusion of the defence is described in vivid detail.The arrival of new commander and Montgomery 's effect on morale, and the belief that they could win. Read it ,well written can't wait for the next instalment.
El Alamein the beginning of the end. The first battle, the madness confusion of the defence is described in vivid detail.The arrival of new commander and Montgomery 's effect on morale, and the belief that they could win. Read it ,well written can't wait for the next instalment.
August 3, 2020
Heat of Battle
Another brilliant novel to add to the Second World War series. More in depth action ,fatigue of battle , comradeship, etc . Great book once again by Mr Minor taking you into the heart of the action. Bring on the next installment !
Another brilliant novel to add to the Second World War series. More in depth action ,fatigue of battle , comradeship, etc . Great book once again by Mr Minor taking you into the heart of the action. Bring on the next installment !
October 12, 2021
What a good book, I could not put it down. Jack was so real to me. Jack was my fathers name and he was part of the 8th Army. He would have loved this book.
December 4, 2024
Unbelievable that both sides did so much moving in the heat and then had to fight well written in writing how the soldiers felt.
November 10, 2025
Jack "looked at his bloodied hands and shivered, his mind repulsed by the dead that lay around him, by the madness that had claimed his soul" (pp. 267-268). Stuart Minor captures the pathos of war. Jack survived but at what cost?
This is the sixth book in the series. Minor has not lost a step and avoided just going through the motions this far into his series. Jack is a character that has kept my attention through all of the books. He is finely drawn and not a cardboard cutout pumped with bravado and braggadocio. Jack's loss of one of his unit's members was poignant but not maudlin or over drawn. Minor knows how to paint the picture of action and is mindful of the edges of his narrative to keep the reader....reading.
The book had a credible balance between the small unit action and the placement of the action into the larger theater of the war. This is a difficult balance. Minor handles the challenge deftly allowing too keep the connection to Jack while placing what happens to him that are beyond his control and what those circumstances are.
I enjoyed my read. It kept me up little late a few times, not wanting to lose the thread of battle the next day. Kit was worth it.
This is the sixth book in the series. Minor has not lost a step and avoided just going through the motions this far into his series. Jack is a character that has kept my attention through all of the books. He is finely drawn and not a cardboard cutout pumped with bravado and braggadocio. Jack's loss of one of his unit's members was poignant but not maudlin or over drawn. Minor knows how to paint the picture of action and is mindful of the edges of his narrative to keep the reader....reading.
The book had a credible balance between the small unit action and the placement of the action into the larger theater of the war. This is a difficult balance. Minor handles the challenge deftly allowing too keep the connection to Jack while placing what happens to him that are beyond his control and what those circumstances are.
I enjoyed my read. It kept me up little late a few times, not wanting to lose the thread of battle the next day. Kit was worth it.
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