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An account of the World War II campaign in Morocco and Algeria. Operation Torch, as it was called, became a proving ground where American officers learned to lead, soldiers learned to hate, and an entire army learned what it would take to defeat a formidable enemy.

An army at dawn: the war in North Africa, 1942-1943

by Atkinson, Rick

fromThe liberation trilogy

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An account of the World War II campaign in Morocco and Algeria. Operation Torch, as it was called, became a proving ground where American officers learned to lead, soldiers learned to hate, and an entire army learned what it would take to defeat a formidable enemy.

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An army at dawn : the war in North Africa, 1942-1943: Liberation Series #1

by Atkinson, Rick

fromThe liberation trilogy

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In the first volume of his monumental trilogy about the liberation of Europe in WW II, Pulitzer Prize winner Rick Atkinson tells the riveting story of the war in North Africa. The liberation of Europe and the destruction of the Third Reich is a story of courage and enduring triu…

An Army At Dawn: the War In North Africa, 1942-1943

by Atkinson, Rick

fromLiberation trilogy

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"Operation Torch" i Nordafrika er detaljeret beskrevet fra den indledende planlægning til den endelige sejr i Tunis i 1943. Hovedvægten er lagt på de amerikanske styrkers indsats.