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Beschreibung

A highly illustrated study of Operation Torch, the first major Allied amphibious invasion of the war.

Following the raid on Pearl Harbor and the entry of the United States into World War II, President Franklin D. Roosevelt identified the European theatre as his country's priority. Their first joint operation with the British was an amphibious invasion of French North Africa, designed to relieve pressure on their new Soviet allies, eliminate the threat of the French navy joining the Germans, and to shore up the vulnerability of British imperial possessions and trade routes through the Mediterranean.

Operation Torch was the largest and most complex amphibious invasion of its time. In November 1942, three landings took place simultaneously across the French North African coast in an ambitious attempt to trap and annihilate the Axis' North African armies between the invading forces under General Eisenhower and British Field-Marshall Montgomery's Eighth Army in Egypt.

Using full colour artwork, maps and contemporary photographs, this is the thrilling story of this complex operation.

A highly illustrated study of Operation Torch, the first major Allied amphibious invasion of the war.

Following the raid on Pearl Harbor and the entry of the United States into World War II, President Franklin D. Roosevelt identified the European theatre as his country's priority. Their first joint operation with the British was an amphibious invasion of French North Africa, designed to relieve pressure on their new Soviet allies, eliminate the threat of the French navy joining the Germans, and to shore up the vulnerability of British imperial possessions and trade routes through the Mediterranean.

Operation Torch was the largest and most complex amphibious invasion of its time. In November 1942, three landings took place simultaneously across the French North African coast in an ambitious attempt to trap and annihilate the Axis' North African armies between the invading forces under General Eisenhower and British Field-Marshall Montgomery's Eighth Army in Egypt.

Using full colour artwork, maps and contemporary photographs, this is the thrilling story of this complex operation.

Über den Autor
Brian Lane Herder, illustrated by Darren Tan
Zusammenfassung
This title will complete the story of the Allied involvement in the North African campaign that has been covered in detail by the Campaign series. Other titles in the series include: Operation Crusader 1941, Gazala 1942 and The Mareth Line 1943.
Inhaltsverzeichnis

Origins of the campaign
Chronology

Opposing commanders
Opposing forces
Opposing plans
The campaign
Aftermath
The battlefields today

Acronyms and abbreviations
Select bibliography
Index

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2017
Genre: Geschichte, Importe
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
Reihe: Campaign
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9781472820549
ISBN-10: 1472820541
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Herder, Brian Lane
Illustrator: Tan, Darren
Hersteller: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Campaign
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 249 x 187 x 10 mm
Von/Mit: Brian Lane Herder
Erscheinungsdatum: 21.09.2017
Gewicht: 0,309 kg
Artikel-ID: 108141800

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