The Battle of El Alamein : decision in the desert / Correlli Barnett. Barnett, Correlli. El Alamein, Battle of, Egypt, 1942 Juvenile literature. D766.9 .B3 940.5423 BAP includes index. An account of the famous North African desert battle, between the German forces led by Rommel, the Desert Fox, and the British Eighth Army, which was pivotal to possession of important oil reserves. New York : Macmillan, 1964. 1964. 1964 Text 90 p. : eng The Macmillan battle books