The Fortress of Bir Hakeim served as one of the most important strongholds of the Free French Army against General Erwin ...

The released British prisoner climbed in the desert heat with a note in his hand. The hot place he had reached was Bir Hachéim, a four-mile-square, mine-necklaced plateau in the Libyan desert. The ...

For the British it was utter, humiliating defeat. Tobruk, the same battle-scarred port that last year held out for eight months against Axis besiegers, succumbed to one day’s attack. Tobruk fell ...

The daring exploits of the Afrika Korps secured Rommel a reputation as a brilliant tactician. Dr Niall Barr looks beyond the myth and asks why this legendary commander never achieved a lasting victory ...