I add the abstract translated in English :
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El Alamein. It was there that Rommel's offensive, which was irresistible, was stopped on the road to Alexandria in the summer of 1942. Long weeks of positional war ensued in the sands and rocks of the Egyptian desert, under a blazing sun. Among the Axis units engaged, the Fallschirmjäger-Brigade 1, or "Ramcke" Brigade, named after its famous corps commander. Alongside their Italian comrades, these "German desert paratroopers" eagerly await to take on the adversary ... In late October 1942, British forces under Marshal Montgomery stormed north of the brigade positions. For its part, nothing is moving. Suddenly, on the night of November 2-3, the order to retreat sounds: the Fallschirmjäger must retreat to the west at all costs, to avoid encirclement and annihilation. An immense test, the unit having - at the start - only a small number of motor vehicles. Luftwaffe war correspondent Hans Rechenberg, then permanently present in the ranks of the brigade, immerses us in the harsh daily life of the Fallschirmjäger in the positions of El Alamein, then in the retreat towards Libya, with his moments of anguish, deprivation, and sometimes incredible surprises. The reader will also find himself in the intimacy of the officers of the brigade, with the emblematic figure of General Bernhard Ramcke. Written on the spot some time before the author's capture in Tunisia in May 1943, this original, unique typescript comes out of oblivion after more than 77 years, published for the first time. Numerous photographs of the unit and the Battle of El Alamein accompany this personal account. Originally intended for Reich propaganda, this pathos-free document, sticking to daily life in the desert, will no doubt surprise many readers. "
David
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El Alamein. It was there that Rommel's offensive, which was irresistible, was stopped on the road to Alexandria in the summer of 1942. Long weeks of positional war ensued in the sands and rocks of the Egyptian desert, under a blazing sun. Among the Axis units engaged, the Fallschirmjäger-Brigade 1, or "Ramcke" Brigade, named after its famous corps commander. Alongside their Italian comrades, these "German desert paratroopers" eagerly await to take on the adversary ... In late October 1942, British forces under Marshal Montgomery stormed north of the brigade positions. For its part, nothing is moving. Suddenly, on the night of November 2-3, the order to retreat sounds: the Fallschirmjäger must retreat to the west at all costs, to avoid encirclement and annihilation. An immense test, the unit having - at the start - only a small number of motor vehicles. Luftwaffe war correspondent Hans Rechenberg, then permanently present in the ranks of the brigade, immerses us in the harsh daily life of the Fallschirmjäger in the positions of El Alamein, then in the retreat towards Libya, with his moments of anguish, deprivation, and sometimes incredible surprises. The reader will also find himself in the intimacy of the officers of the brigade, with the emblematic figure of General Bernhard Ramcke. Written on the spot some time before the author's capture in Tunisia in May 1943, this original, unique typescript comes out of oblivion after more than 77 years, published for the first time. Numerous photographs of the unit and the Battle of El Alamein accompany this personal account. Originally intended for Reich propaganda, this pathos-free document, sticking to daily life in the desert, will no doubt surprise many readers. "
David
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