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Original printed orange card case 16x23x5cm, complete with Textheft (wraps, 196pp with several b/w maps and plans, some folding); Bildheft (landscape wraps, (2)pp prelims, (1) Index map, 172 captioned photos mostly full-page o/w 4 colour, (4)pp Index); and 3 colour folding maps on 6 sheets as called for. Volumes very good or better, tanned, with some dusting to wraps. Maps neatly folded with some closed tears. Case good with tears especially to spine head, some small repairs and minor loss. Completed on 20 June 1942, this rare and confidential intelligence handbook was issued at the height of Rommel's advance on Egypt. It coincides with the fall of Tobruk (17-21 June), which gained the Axis a port nearer the Aegean?Crete route, and Rommel a promotion to Field-Marshal. On 22 June, Rommel asked Mussolini to postpone the invasion of Malta so he could continue his offensive with necessary air support. Mussolini referred the matter to Hitler, who agreed the following day. Churchill described the loss as "one of the heaviest blows I can recall during the war. Not only were its military effects grievous, but it had affected the reputation of the British armies". This work was thus issued to inform the continuation of the offensive. TEXT VOLUME: this greatly expands on and corrects an earlier Handbook on Northeast Africa. Most leaves are printed to the rectos only, allowing space for additions and corrections which must be reported immediately: "Cooperation of all required!" (p2). Information is organised into: A. Overview (access; location, borders, size, state, admin, history; physical geography; population and settlement; economy; transport); B. Individual Landscapes (Western Desert; Nile and Delta; Isthmus of Suez and Sinai Peninsula; Eastern Desert; coast); and C. Details (admin divisions; climate; water; irrigation and drainage; population distribution by nationality; route descriptions; airports; etc). Illustrated with maps throughout, Section C also includes several detailed town plans (Asiut, Assuan, Bandar Benha, Beni Suef, Damanhur, El Mahalla El Kubra, Mansura, el Minya, El Simbillawein, Heliopolis, Hurghada (including Anglo-Egyptian oil installations), Kena, Luksor, Mit Ghamr, Zagazig, Shibin el Kom, Zifta, Talkha, Tanta). PICTURE VOLUME opens with 12 images representing characteristic desert landscapes. The rest follows the order of landscapes presented in Text Volume (B). Those of the Western Desert include striking views of camel caravans, cars negotiating their way through the Great Sand Sea, desert camps, the oases including their people and architecture. Other highlights include transport, agriculture, infrastructure, factories etc. There are several aerial views among them, of the Nile and Alexandria, and of Cairo, one with the massive shadow of an airship over the Citadel. MAPS: The 3 highly detailed maps on 6 sheets include: Ubersichtskarte von Agypten 1:2,000,000 89x80cm; Befahrbarkeitskarte 1:500,000 (2 adjoining sheets): Nr.1 Matruch 103x66cm, Nr.2 Kairo 100x66cm; and Karte der wichtigsten Kanal- und Flubeubergange in Agypten 1:500,000 (3 adjoining sheets): Blatt 1: Kairo 74x72cm, 2: Assiut 49x76cm, 3: Kena 50x75cm. N° de ref. del artículo 4804
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