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First Blood in North Africa: Operation Torch and the U.S. Campaign in Africa in WWII (Stackpole Military Photo Series)
First Blood in North Africa Operation Torch and the US Campaign in Africa in WWII - Stackpole Military Photo Series Author:Jon Diamond In November 1942, eleven months after Pearl Harbor, the United States launched Operation Torch, the invasion of Morocco and Algeria. Overwhelmingly successful against Vichy French forces, the Americans next shifted their focus to Tunisia, where they battled the German Afrika Korps at Kasserine Pass, El Guettar, and Bizerte.Story-in-photos of a c... more »ampaign that featured Eisenhower, Patton, Rommel, and the RangersHundreds of photos of this important campaign showing soldiers, vehicles, weapons, and exotic desert locations that will be familiar to viewers of the classic movie PattonPerfect complement to Rick Atkinson's Pulitzer Prize-winning An Army at Dawn« less