Arrogant

Author: British "War Illustrated" Magazine
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Publish Date: 2005-05-01
Features: The 6th volume of "The Illustrated History of World War II" includes events from the summer of 1942 to the late spring of 1943, numbered from issue 131 to issue 155. This volume is arranged in order based on the importance and drama of the events, which was a major innovation compared to previous historical documents. At the beginning, it introduces the misfortune of the 8th Army in Libya—the fall of Tobruk, a setback no less stimulating than the earlier defeat in Singapore. During the retreat to Egypt, the army was filled with a gloomy atmosphere, even a sense of impending doom. However, as the book records, this was the darkest before dawn. By the middle of this volume, the 8th Army had regrouped and swept away Rommel's line at Alamein, driving him and the Afrika Korps out of Egypt, out of Cyrenaica, out of Tripolitania, out of the Mareth line, and as far as the outskirts of Tunis. All of this was led by a general whose name would soon spread worldwide. This was a great victory, worthy of future generations to read about his deeds. Many years later, people can still draw endless strength from the heroic deeds of the "Desert Army"—this was an iron army led by the fearless Montgomery and the wise Alexander; of course, there was also the equally heroic 1st Army. They achieved a stunning victory in Tunis. This is also the end of this volume. Although this volume spends much ink on the of the European battlefield, the author does not ignore the battlefields of other continents as scholars did 20 years ago. After all, this was a world war. This volume completely records the bloody battles of varying scales on the Asian, Australian, American, and major ocean battlefields. Then, there is the supremely glorious Battle of Stalingrad in the Soviet Union's war history, which occupies an extremely important position; the author of this book also does not spare effort to truthfully record the fearless heroism of the Soviet soldiers.