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Steven Pressfield takes his literary mastery into the Second World War with *Killing Rommel*. The story follows a young lieutenant of the Long Range Desert Group as it executes high‑risk operations against Erwin Rommel’s Afrika Korps. Set in the autumn of 1942, the novel captures the harsh desert environment, the ingenuity and stealth of the LRDG, and the bonds forged between men in the heat of combat. Pressfield’s vivid prose conveys both the tactical precision of desert warfare and the human emotions that drive soldiers in the face of overwhelming odds.
First publish date: 2008
Genre: Historical Fiction/20th Century Historical Fiction
Authors: Steven Pressfield
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