What the General Saw Bibliography with Notes plus Bonus Content Cooper, Artemis. Cairo in the War 1939-1945. London: John Murray (Publishers), 2013. Kindle. Chapter: Disaster in All Directions “In the Western Desert that same night, after two days of fruitlessly trying to co-ordinate the movements of the British and Australian forces, Neame and O’Conner decided Continue reading

January 10, 1941: The Germans Arrive Bibliography with Notes plus Bonus Content Bickers, Richard Townshend. The Desert Air War: a gripping historical account of the RAF’s role in North Africa during World War II. UK: Lume Books, 2018. Kindle. Chapter Four “…The courage of those who had to fly Stukas must have been fractured, and Continue reading

“Victory Depended on the 3-Tonner” Bibliography with Notes plus Bonus Content Braddock, David. Britain’s Desert War in Egypt and Libya, 1940-1942: ‘The End of the Beginning’. Yorkshire: Pen & Sword Books, 2019. Kindle. Chapter 3 The First British Offensive (2) “By the end of the month a combination of old vehicles, and ceaseless use by Continue reading

Italian POWs Flood the Railroad Bibliography with Notes plus Bonus Content Bierman, John and Colin Smith. War Without Hate. New York: The Penguin Group, 2002, p. 49. “Tom Bird, a lieutenant in the Rifle Brigade who helped take Tobruk in a letter home: ‘One can’t help feeling that it is a great bit of luck Continue reading

De Havilland D.H.86 Air Ambulance Bibliography with Notes plus Bonus Content Anzac Portal. Department of Veteran Affairs. Medical Air Evacuation 1941-1945: History in Focus. https://anzacportal.dva.gov.au/resources/medical-air-evacuation-1941-1945-history-focus “At the outset of the Second World War it became apparent that the great distances being traversed by the armies demanded a rapid means of evacuating wounded soldiers. Consequently, the Continue reading

The Spoils of War—Caruso on the Gramophone! Bibliography with Notes plus Bonus Content Bickers, Richard Townshend. The Desert Air war: a gripping historical account of the RAF’s role in North Africa during World War II. UK: Lume Books, 2018. Kindle. Chapter Four “…Clothing of all kinds was spread amid ammunition boxes, water bottles, boots and Continue reading

December 1940: A Walrus in the Mediterranean Bibliography with Notes plus Bonus Content Bocquelet, David. Supermarine Walrus (1936). Naval Encyclopedia. https://naval-encyclopedia.com/naval-aviation/ww2/uk/supermarine-walrus.php “…The choice of a pusher configuration, rarely seen since WWI, had the main advantage for a naval plane, to keep the engine and propeller away frim [sic] water spray in operations. It also reducing Continue reading

Friend or Foe? Part 1 Bibliography with Notes plus Bonus Content Beckett, Ian, F.W. Rommel Reconsidered. Mechanicsburg, PA: Stackpole Books, 2013, p. 91 (from Wikepedia). “It has been estimated that Rommel was using 6,000 captured British lorries…” Bierman, John and Colin Smith. War Without Hate. New York: The Penguin Group, 2002, p. 49. “Among the Continue reading

The Queen Arrives by Rail Bibliography with Notes plus Bonus Content Bierman, John and Colin Smith. War Without Hate. New York: The Penguin Group, 2002, p. 46. “Named after a popular feathered cartoon character of the time because its 27-tons moved about as elegantly as an overweight duck, the Matilda averaged no more than six Continue reading

Booze, Spirits, Firewater, Grog, Hooch, Sauce Bibliography with Notes plus Bonus Content Bierman, John and Colin Smith. War Without Hate. New York: The Penguin Group, 2002, p. 33. “…Afrikaans-speakers contributed generously to the fund Ouma (‘Grannie’) Smuts set up to see that every South African serviceman in the Western Desert got a daily tot of Continue reading