Table of Contents

Italy enters the War/Opposing Commanders/Opposing Armies/Opposing Plans/Frontier skirmishes/The Italians invade Egypt/The attack on the camps/Buq Buq/Bardia/Tobruk/Beda Fomm/Aftermath/Chronology/Wargaming Operation Compass/Bibliography

About the Author

Jon Latimer is a serving officer with the Royal Welch Fusiliers (TA) and has a number of articles published on military history in British Army Review, Military History and World War II. He has carried out extensive research into the war in the desert. Jim Laurier is a native of New Hampshire. He graduated with honours from the Paiers School of Art, Connecticut, in 1978 and has worked as a freelance illustrator ever since, completing assignments in a wide variety of fields. Jim has a keen interest in military subjects, both aviation and armour, and is a Fellow member of the American Society of Aviation Artists, the New York Society of Illustrators and the American Fighter Aces Association.