The Eighth Army in North Africa makes a tidy, comprehensive introduction to this aspect of the war for the newcomer and a trove of visual specificity for those of us who think they have “seen it all before” (but would keep looking anyway!).

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SCHOPENHAUER'S WORKSHOP

The book covers all the bases and I have to be honest and say I liked the bit of bagpipe humour at the end very much. All in all this book does a straightforward job.

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War History Online, Mark Barnes

I really enjoyed reading the book and flipping through the pages for the photographs and charts. It is well worth it´s price and can be read during a lazy Sunday afternoon... I can recommend the book to every wargamer with in interest in the campaign, not only as a primer but also as a worthy addition to every library.

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Wargames Illustrated Online

"Given my history, I wasn´t really expecting to find anything new in the book.
How wrong I was!"

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Wargames Illustrated, September 2019

A third fantastic book about the Eighth army's North African campaigns is told in pictures. Simon Forty introduces us to a brilliant visual history of the Eighth.

Books Monthly

A good documentation that will be of great interest to both the historian or researcher and the modeler of military vehicles at scale.

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Miniaturas JM

Overall, a riveting collection of photographs which gives readers a clear insight into the men of the Eighth Army, their struggles and ultimate victory under an enigmatic leader, unafraid to lead from the front.

I would recommend this book to any model-maker or historian.

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Army Rumour Service (ARRSE)

The North African Campaigns were war of movement as armour travelled fast in advance, only to run short of supplies and be forced into retreat. Highly Recommended

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Firetrench

The book presents a series of very beautiful photos, some of which I knew, but which most of all exemplify the war in North Africa.

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Old Barbed Wire Blog

Well written text and some excellent photos which I am sure many modellers will enjoy for their detail.

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Military Model Scene, Robin Buckland

If tanks and armoured vehicles are your “thing” this is the book for you. There are a number of marvellous photographs for the non-specialist including a mobile telephone exchange with trails of spaghetti wires and the “bulled boots” of a piper on parade in the desert during a visit by Montgomery having obviously been dusted down in situ. Another brilliant piper photograph is at the end of the book where British with their German prisoners are treated to the playing of a lone piper as the wounded are treated amongst the debris of war. Intriguingly there is a photograph of Christmas 1940 with a troop of South African armoured car personnel in the field, sipping wine from wine glasses with one what appears to be a roasted chicken between 11 troopers. You can’t help but feel they would have preferred a beer!

An enjoyable inexpensive book with many rare or previously unseen photographs

Robert Bartlett

This series of Images of War is intended to be all about the pictures and this book is a very good example of that genre. There are photographs taken on both sides of the conflict showing the men and their equipment. Almost every type of armoured vehicle used in the desert campaign is shown some in pristine others in a well battered state. There is sufficient text to give the photographs a context but most usefully the bulk of the writing is as captions to the photographs. A few maps and schematic drawings fill out the story. Particularly informative in an easily understood way are the comparisons between Axis and Allied guns in both range and penetration on pgs. 36 & 37. The further reading list guides the interested reader to fuller explanations of the to and fro of the North African campaign...
We thoroughly enjoyed looking at this book and recommend it to you.

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Clash of Steel

This offering from Pen and Sword as part of their Images of War series is a great visual delight for the modeller. I like that the author of this offering opted to provide a short write up at the start of each chapter that can be considered as an introduction to what visual delights are ahead of you. The captions that accompany each photograph are well written and provide a good level of detail.

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Armorama

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Wargames Illustrated, April 2019