| Us Soldier Vs Afrikakorps Soldier: Tunisia 1943 Contributor(s): Campbell, David (Author), Noon, Steve (Illustrator) |
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ISBN: 147282816X ISBN-13: 9781472828163 Publisher: Osprey Publishing (UK) OUR PRICE: $20.70 Product Type: Paperback Published: January 2019 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Military - World War Ii - History | Military - United States |
| Series: Combat |
| Physical Information: 0.3" H x 7.3" W x 9.5" (0.50 lbs) 80 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1940's |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: From Sidi Bou Zid to El Guettar, this fully illustrated study pits the US Army against the best that the Axis forces in Africa had to offer. Operation Torch, launched on November 8, 1942, landed Anglo-American forces in Vichy-controlled Morocco and Algeria to create a second front against the Axis forces in North Africa, catching Rommel's German and Italian forces in the claws of a giant pincer. The Axis forces in North Africa were powerfully well armored and equipped, but fresh to war, and it showed. Organization suffered from a surfeit of peacetime theories and training was insufficient and ill-applied. Despite such failings the US GIs and their commanders learned very quickly, adapting to German tactics and the realities of mechanized warfare. The Afrikakorps was seasoned by years of fighting against increasingly powerful British and Commonwealth forces, and was led by one of the Reich's most capable generals. The German doctrine of mechanized warfare had proved itself time and again, but ever-growing logistical and supply problems were blunting its effectiveness. |
Contributor Bio(s): Campbell, David: - DAVID CAMPBELL is senior lecturer in accounting and business ethics at Newcastle University Business School, UK. He is examiner for the ACCA professional paper P1 and is an external examiner at the University of Northampton and at the UHI Millennium Institure in Inverness. David is on the editorial boards of 'Accounting Forum' and 'Business Ethics: A European Review'. Noon, Steve: - Steve Noon was born in Kent, UK, and attended art college in Cornwall. He's had a life-long passion for illustration, and since 1985 has worked as a professional artist. He has provided award-winning illustrations for the publishers Dorling Kindersley, where his interest in historical illustration began. Steve has illustrated over 30 books for Osprey. |