End of the Beginning: From the Siege of Malta to the Victory at Alamein by Tim Clayton, Phil Craig

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1942 – British troops are stranded in the desert, struggling to hold back Rommel’s Afrika Corps. Hitler’s armies have reached Moscow, and there are murmurs of discontent at home as new doubts emerge about Churchill’s leadership. Elsewhere in Europe there is chilling evidence of the mounting persecution of the Jews, stretching from Poland to the Channel Islands. For many, it seems there is little hope.

Sixty years on from the Battle of Alamein, END OF THE BEGINNING tells the controversial truth about one of the most famous battles in history – the importance of its lesser-known predecessor and the months of bitter in-fighting between the Allied generals. With precision and compassion, Phil Craig and Tim Clayton again debunk the myths and explore the realities of a crucial year in the history of Britain.