Afrika Korps is an illustrated record of Field-Marshal Erwin Rommel and his desert troops that fought in North Africa against British and Commonwealth forces between 1941 and 1943. Using previously rare and unpublished photographs, many of which have come from the albums of individuals who took part in the desert campaign, it presents a unique visual account of the famous Afrika-Korps' operations and equipment. Thanks to an informative caption with every photograph Afrika Korps vividly portrays how the German Army fought across the uncharted and forbidding desert wilderness of North Africa. Throughout the book it examines how Rommel and his Afrika Korps were so successful and includes an analysis of desert war tactics which Rommel himself had indoctrinated. These tactics quickly won the Afrika-Korps a string of victories between 1941 and 1942. The photographs that accompany the book are a fascinating collection that depicts life in the Afrika-Korps, as seen through the lens of the ordinary soldier. AUTHOR: Ian Baxter is a military historian who specialises in German twentieth century military history. He has written more than twenty books including 'Wolf' Hitler's Wartime Headquarters, Poland - The Eighteen Day Victory March, Panzers in North Africa. He has also written over 100 journals and reviewed numerous military studies for publication and supplied thousands of photographs and important documents to various publishers and film production companies worldwide. b/w photographs throughout