The German offensive in North Africa, coupling the powers of Rommel, the 'Desert Fox', with the superb elan of the German Afrika Korps, is widely regarded as one of he most astonishing military achievements of World War II. German war artist Kurt Caesar travelled with the Afrika Korps and illustrated their campaign with evocative and detailed drawings. Rommel's Year of Victory combines these contemporary llustrations with new text by James Lucas, who has provided a gripping narrative of he operations, as perceived by the Germans, and reveals the day to day life of the German soldier in the desert. With seventy drawings by Kurt Caesar, this book is an astonishingly visual record of the German experience in North Africa. The illustrations, made during the course of the campaign itself, in the desert and on the battlefield, capture the essence of the men of the Afrika Korps, their equipment and life in the harsh conditions of a harsh continent. The book includes a Foreword by Erwin Rommel, from when an edition with some of these illustrations that was published in Germany in 1943. The new English-language edition, which presents both the illustrations published in wartime Germany and thers never seen before, has a Preface by Barrie Pitt. James Lucas brings special knowledge and personal experience to his text, for he served as an infantryman in the Tunisian campaign in World War II and is an acknowledged expert on the history of the German armed forces of that period. He is the author of more than thirty books on military matters including War on the Eastern Front and Kommando. Back to Greenhill Military Book News No. 80 Table of Contents Back to Greenhill Military Book News List of Issues Back to Master Magazine List © Copyright 1997 by Greenhill Books This article appears in MagWeb (Magazine Web) on the Internet World Wide Web. Other military history articles and gaming articles are available at http://www.magweb.com