Allan Mallinson

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A review of 'Strafer': The Desert General by N.S. Nash. General W.H.E. Gott knew how to beat Rommel – but he didn't live to prove it

A German soldier in the Western Desert in 1942 scans the horizon for enemy movements [Getty Images/Shutterstock/iStock/Alamy]

  • ‘Strafer’: The Desert General The Life and Killing of Lieutenant General W.H.E. Gott CB CBE DSO MC

    N.S. Nash

    Pen and Sword, pp. 250

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