Desert War in North AfricaAmerican Heritage Publishing Company; distribution by Harper & Row, 1967 - Juvenile Nonfiction - 153 pages THE STORY OF THAT SEESAW WAR FROM SEPTEMBER, 1940, WHEN THE ITALIAN ARMY INVADED EGYPT UNTIL MAY 1943 WHEN THE COMBINED BRITISH AND AMERICAN FORCES DROVE THE AXIS DESERT ARMY INTO TUNISIA AND FORCED ITS SURRENDER. THE BOOK CONTAINS 114 ILLUSTRATIONS. |
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