Operation Torch 1942 : the invasion of French North Africa
Herder, Brian Lane2017
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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. Using full colour artwork, maps and contemporary photographs, this is the thrilling story of this complex operation.
Main title:
Operation Torch 1942 : the invasion of French North Africa / Brian Lane Herder ; illustrated by Darren Tan ; associate editor, Nikolai Bogdanovic.
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Imprint:
Oxford : Osprey Publishing, 2017.
Collation:
96 pages : illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps ; 25 cm.
Series title:
Campaign ; 312.
ISBN:
9781472820549 (pbk. :)
Dewey class:
940.5423
Language:
English
BRN:
259593
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