Operation torch 1942 : the invasion of french North Africa / Brian Lane Herder ; illustrated by Darren Tan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Herder, Brian Lane, author.

Contributor:

Tan, Darren, illustrator.

Series:

Campaign

Campaign ; 312

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Operation Torch, 1942.

Operation Torch, 1942--Pictorial works.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (97 pages) : illustrations.

Place of Publication:

Oxford, England ; New York, New York : Osprey Publishing, 2017.

Summary:

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (EBC, viewed March 17, 2018).

ISBN:

9781472820563

1472820568

9781472820556

147282055X