WW2’s desert war: everything you wanted to know

<p>Historian Jonathan Fennell answers listener questions on the North African campaign in the Second World War. Speaking with Rob Attar, he discusses some of the key moments and personalities, reflects on the challenges of fighting in a desert and considers whether this theatre really was a war without hate.</p><p> </p><p>(Ad) Jonathan Fennell is the author of ​​Fighting the People's War: The British and Commonwealth Armies and the Second World War (Cambridge University Press, 2019). Buy it now from Amazon:</p><p><a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Fighting-Peoples-War-British-Commonwealth/dp/1107030951/?tag=bbchistory045-21&amp;ascsubtag=historyextra-social-histboty" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.amazon.co.uk/Fighting-Peoples-War-British-Commonwealth/dp/1107030951/?tag=bbchistory045-21&amp;ascsubtag=historyextra-social-histboty</a></p><br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.</p>