Afrikakorps: Self Portrait

184 pp. "Here is a different view of the German Army that fought in North Africa in World War II, in a collection of unique and hitherto unpublished photographs taken in most part with the ordinary cameras of the average German soldier. ...Here is an honest view of the Afrikakorps, as seen by the ordinary German soldiers themselves. ...The photographs are grouped mainly according to whether they are connected with artillery, or transport and supply, or infantry, or armour, and so on. Each section is headed by brief and informative background stories. Other sections of this book included soldiers' home life in Hitler's Germany, training and action with the German Army in Europe before being posted to Africa, rare shots taken for the Wehrmacht's own archives, and a selection of unpublished photographs from the personal collection kept by the Afrikakorps' top official photographer, Ernst Zwilling."