The Foxes of the Desert

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On March 31, 1941, as the sun rose over the North African sand dunes, the grenadiers of Panzer Regiment 5 launched a surprise attack against British positions at Marsa el Brega. The German push towards the Nile had begun. Under the command of General Erwin Rommel, the "Desert Foxes," as they would later be called, captured Cyrenaica, advancing to Tobruk and later to El Alamein, reaching the Nile Delta. 773 days later, on May 12, 1943, the Germans surrendered on the Bon Peninsula. Paul Carell chronicles these 773 days, intertwining precise military history with authentic personal accounts. Each story is true, every fate real, and every character drawn from reality. None of the many impressive episodes is fictional.