Contains 7 chapters: A gamble of high stakes, Rommel's Stunning Blow, triumph eludes the British, An Ally joins the war, AMERICANS tASTE THE FIRE, the knockout punch. Also contains picture essays and an index.

(Key Words: Deserts, Royal Navy, Benito Mussolini, The Mediterranean Sea, Italy, Luftwaffe, Aircraft, World War II, Pacific Ocean, Naval Operations, Submarines, United States Navy, United Stes Army, Prisoners Of War, Camps, Soviet Union, Josef Stalin, German War Prisoners, Russian War Prisoners, Executions, Diseases, Singapore, Japan, Philipines, Pearl Harbor, Great Britain, Burma).