Triumphant Fox: Erwin Rommel and the Rise of the Afrika Korps

Few military books are written with such clear and lucid details.Mr Mitcham describes the Afrika Korps rise with great accuracy. He puts to rest all the myths which had sprung up with the reputation of the Korps. One such point is that some historians have claimed that the Afrika Korps boasted technologically superior tanks compared to the British. Nothing could be farther from the truth. In fact , the Korps themselves faced technologically superior armour, plus the fact that they were always outnumbered. Certain historians have claimed the contrary to this fact as well. Mr Mitcham puts to rest this myth as well. The truth of the matter was that concentration of armour, the reason for the Korps success, was seen as having superior numbers, actually the Korps under the Desert Fox , concentrated its numbers against enemy formations one at a time , thereby neutralizing British superiority of numbers. Samuel Mitcham Jr also goes into the day to day life of Rommel and his army. The battles of 'TottenTag' and the major battles like 'operation battleaxe' are studied with great detail. Afrika Korps also suffered tremendous losses in high ranking officers, Mr Mitcham investigates this point as well. In my opinion, this book is a must for all students of the Desert War of 1941-43, especially since it is unbiased and filled with a lot of facts and valuabe data.