Hello There! Recently I have finished a few books and found them very helpful for various aspects of my wargaming. My habit of reading a number of books at the same time, one at work, one before bed and one in the afternoon, is not something that I would not recommend!
The chapters cover: Planning, Terrain, Training, Opening Battles South, Cauldron, Armoured Battles, Infantry Battles, Bir Hacheim and Conclusion.
Overall, and due to the confused nature of Gazala, the infantry and armoured battles do cross over in their chapters, but can be followed.
From a wargames perspective there are some useful maps and information to compile scenarios for a wargame. Also the maps do correspond with the text but the maps are all together, in the centre of the book, so the map relating to the text are far apart.
Also some of the place names in the text are difficult to find on the maps, if at all. Also due to the sparseness of place names in the desert, some references points of height, which are also difficult to find, if at all.
The chapter on Bir Hacheim is sparse but did produce some new information that I have not seen before.
Overall I would recommend this book, for the scenario information alone, but alone for the information on the changes in the armoured units and their strengths during the Battle. Units were constantly changing as squadrons were added and removed from commands during the whole of the battle.
I bought this after realising it covered a lot of the battles during the battle of Gazala. It includes maps showing
