02018nam 2200493 450 991016274270332120181218110902.00-8117-6561-X(CKB)3710000001022136(MiAaPQ)EBC4787541(MiAaPQ)EBC30674542(Au-PeEL)EBL30674542(EXLCZ)99371000000102213620170130h20172017 uy 0engurcnu||||||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierFirst blood in North Africa Operation Torch and the U.S. campaign in Africa in WWII /Jon Diamond1st ed.Guilford, Connecticut :Stackpole Books,2017.©20171 online resource (217 pages)Stackpole Military Photo Series0-8117-1777-1 Includes bibliographical references.Strategic overview and the war in North Africa, 1940-1942 -- Geography, terrain, and the invasion -- Commanders and combatants -- The amphibious landings -- Tunisian warfare and weapons -- Epilogue.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.Stackpole military photo series.World War, 1939-1945CampaignsAfrica, NorthOperation Torch, 1942Africa, NorthHistory, MilitaryWorld War, 1939-1945CampaignsOperation Torch, 1942.940.54/231Diamond Jon(Jonathan Russell),1212272MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910162742703321First blood in North Africa2888287UNINA