Conscripted in 1939 when he was 20 years old, Walter Harding served with 2nd Battalion, the Rifle Brigade. In this volume his son traces the Battalion’s role in the North African campaign, recording the experiences of its men at Gazala, Alam el Halfa and El Alamein and how they faced the enemy at the Mareth Line and Wadi Akirit.
From Gazala to Tunisia: 422 Days in the Life of the 2nd Battalion, The Rifle Brigade is the story of the riflemen and their battles of Gazala to the successful end of the North African campaign. These 422 days include the bitter battles of Gazala, the conflict around the Cauldron, the loss of Tobruk before the forced withdrawal with the remainder of the Eighth Army, along the Mediterranean Coast and finally digging in at Alamein. Due to their involvement in the battles around the Alamein Line, the Mine Task Force opened gaps in the Axis defences which allowed British armour to overwhelm the Germans. The riflemen of the 2nd Battalion took on the enemy in the battles at the Mareth Line and Wadi Akirit in Tunisia before joining the First Army in the final conflicts that brought the North African campaign to a successful conclusion. It was this battalion that marched two miles into enemy lines to take occupation of the Snipe position, feeling the full brunt of Rommel's counterattack, before marching back 36 hours later. It has been said that Alamein was the turning point of the war and that Snipe was the turning point of Alamein.
This superb book tells all these takes and more in a detailed, powerful and moving account of the 2nd Battalion during its finest 15 months.
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