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An Army at Dawn: The War in North Africa (1942-1943)

The Liberation Trilogy, Volume 1

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An Army at Dawn: The War in North Africa (1942-1943)

Auteur(s): Rick Atkinson
Narrateur(s): George Guidall
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 Beginning the trilogy that continues with The Day of Battle, An Army at Dawn opens on the eve of Operation TORCH, the daring amphibious invasion of Morocco and Algeria. After three days of hard fighting against the French, American and British troops push deeper into North Africa.

But the confidence gained after several early victories soon wanes; casualties mount rapidly, battle plans prove ineffectual, and hope for a quick and decisive victory evaporates. The Allies discover that they are woefully unprepared to fight and win this war. North Africa becomes a proving ground: it is here that American officers learn how to lead, here that soldiers learn how to hate, here that an entire army learns what it will take to vanquish a formidable enemy. In North Africa, the Allied coalition came into its own, the enemy forever lost the initiative, and the United States -- for the first time -- began to act like a great power. Afrique Guerres et conflits Militaire Guerre Impérialisme Maroc Moyen Âge Dwight Eisenhower Japon impérial Sous-marin Royaume-Uni Force aérienne L’entre-deux-guerres
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This book wasn’t what I was expecting, but that’s okay. I had always seen the North African campaign of WW2 as a sideshow when compared to the significance and scale of the battles to come. What I got was an almost incredibly detailed analysis of not only overall strategies, but also of the day-to-day and unit-to-unit tactical maneuvering within what felt like every single unit-level confrontation of the campaign. This could get tedious at times, and it REALLY helps to have access to maps of the area in order to follow the action; but overall I came to appreciate it.

I now have a massively greater appreciation of this campaign, as well as greater understanding of military tactics. I plan to listen to the next two books in this trilogy.

Extreme detail about an obscure battle

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