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It is commonly held that Montgomery's 1942 victory at El Alamein was the turning point in Britain's fortunes during the Second World War - that it was 'the end of the beginning' (Churchill). However, Robert Lyman reveals here how in the summer of 1941, beleaguered British forces put together a series of largely forgotten victories in Iraq, Syria and Iran that secured crucial supplies of oil and curbed dangerous German expansion in the region. It's an exciting story of victories achieved against the odds - fraught negotiations between London, Cairo and New Delhi, hastily assembled troops and campaigns fought and won in harsh desert conditions. The siege of the RAF base at Lake Habbaniya in Iraq is a brilliant example of this, and forms one of the most exciting passages in the book. 1941 could have been the year in which Britain lost the war - Lyman reveals here how close we came.Product Identifiers
PublisherLittle, Brown Book Group
ISBN-139781845291082
eBay Product ID (ePID)90795068
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Publication Year2006
SubjectHistory
Number of Pages256 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameFirst Victory: 1941: Blood, Oil and Mastery in the Middle East, 1941
TypeTextbook
AuthorMajor Robert Lyman
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height240 mm
Item Width156 mm
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Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
Title_AuthorMajor Robert Lyman
