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First Blood in North Africa: Operation Torch and the U.S. Campaign in Africa in WWII (Stackpole Military Photo Series) Kindle Edition

by Jon Diamond (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.1 out of 5 stars 17 ratings

A pictorial history of America’s first major military campaign in Africa during WWII.

In November 1942, eleven months after Pearl Harbor, the U.S. launched Operation Torch, a multipronged attack on French North Africa—a region controlled by Germany through Vichy France. Led by Generals Eisenhower and Patton, it was America’s first major offensive against the Germans. 

Through rare wartime images, this book vividly chronicles the initial landings in Morocco and Algeria and the subsequent desert clashes in Tunisia as American forces battled the German Afrika Korps of Erwin Rommel, the famous “Desert Fox.”

 

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    Stackpole Military Photos
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  5. Publication date
    June 14, 2023
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About the Author

Jon Diamond has written extensively on military history topics. In addition to articles for World War II History and Military Heritage, he is also the author of Guadalcanal (978-0-8117-1626-0), New Guinea (978-0-8117-1556-0), Orde Wingate (978-1-84908-323-2), and Archibald Wavell (978-1-84908-737-7). A graduate of Cornell University, Diamond is a medical doctor in private practice and has taught at Harvard and Penn State. He lives near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B01N5RKWKQ
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Stackpole Books; Illustrated edition (June 14, 2023)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ June 14, 2023
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 107.9 MB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 314 pages
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.1 out of 5 stars 17 ratings

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  • R. Cobb
    5.0 out of 5 stars very good
    Reviewed in the United States on May 13, 2019
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    great read
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  • Hylteacher1
    4.0 out of 5 stars Four Stars
    Reviewed in the United States on March 20, 2017
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    Good pix of early U.S units and equipment. I was hoping for a bit more including Vichy French.
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  • Kindle Customer
    1.0 out of 5 stars Pics of New Guinea???
    Reviewed in the United States on February 18, 2025
    In the Kindle sample there are at least two pictures of New Guinea. I downloaded it to read the captions. I wondered, does North Africa have terrain like that. Who know, but the caption said New Guinea. Same with a picture of soldiers wading through surf during a landing. Might be a good book, but definitely sloppy. I don't intend to find out.
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  • German Anton Benet
    3.0 out of 5 stars Bueno, pero mejorable
    Reviewed in Spain on December 16, 2018
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    En mi opinión debiera contener más fotografías, ya que en principio es un libro que se basa en las fotos
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