First Blood in North Africa

First Blood in North Africa Operation Torch and the U.S. Campaign in Africa in WWII - Stackpole Military Photo Series

Paperback (01 May 2017)

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Publisher's Synopsis

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."

Book information

ISBN: 9780811717779
Publisher: Stackpole Books
Imprint: Stackpole Books
Pub date:
DEWEY: 940.54231
DEWEY edition: 23
Language: English
Number of pages: v, 202 , 8 unnumbered of plates
Weight: 738g
Height: 219mm
Width: 279mm
Spine width: 11mm