Nafziger Collection, 2000, $19.95, ISBN 1-58545-069-3, 119 pages

This is another in the Nafziger Collection of reprinted works unearthed by George Nafziger, in particular, Military Intelligence Service Information Bulletins. Nafziger has scanned and OCRed various portions of multiple bulletins, inserted the occasional editorial comment and/or clarification, and combined like topics into one volume. The results are fascinating.

Analysis of German armored columns (complete with illustrations) are particularly good. Quite often, after action debriefings of US officers explain what the US troops faced in the attack and defense. And these can get specific to the number of individual tanks, tactical actions, and end results. Some of these are followed with reports form prisoner interrogation.

Minefields, Infantry tactics, combined arms, AA, fieldworks, recon, smoke use, and much, much more are included. I especially enjoyed the Tank hunter section, although I would be amazed to actually see a German soldier stuff a hand grenade into the muzzle of a main gun, or attack a MG with a crowbar.

Nafziger's booklets are not original prose and arguably, you can find the same original work at the National Archive, Library of Congress, or US Army Archives. I can only ask, "What's your time worth?" You have to get to one of these locales, know what to look for, and copy it in some sort of useful format. For under twenty bucks (and $2.50 shipping) Nafziger has done all of that for you. If WWII North Africa is your interest, this is a must-have one-volume booklet.