| First Blood in North Africa: Operation Torch and the U.S. Campaign in Africa in WWII Contributor(s): Dr Diamond, Jon (Author) |
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ISBN: 0811717771 ISBN-13: 9780811717779 Publisher: Stackpole Books OUR PRICE: $23.36 Product Type: Paperback Published: March 2017 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Military - World War Ii - History | Military - United States - History | Africa - North |
| Dewey: 940.542 |
| LCCN: 2016033734 |
| Series: Stackpole Military Photo |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 8.4" W x 10.9" (1.60 lbs) 216 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1940's - Cultural Region - North Africa |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Photo chronicle of Patton's Americans versus Rommel's Afrika Korps in World War II In November 1942, eleven months after Pearl Harbor, the U.S. launched Operation Torch, its first major offensive against the Germans. This photo chronicle covers the initial landings in Morocco and Algeria and the subsequent desert clashes in Tunisia as American forces under Eisenhower and Patton battled the German Afrika Korps of Erwin Rommel, the famous "Desert Fox." |