Early North African Campaigns 1940-1942: A Case Study

by U.S. Army War College

Before the first American ground forces ever landed in North Africa, Britain and her allies fought a long and bloody desert war against the Axis coalition. For 29 months, Britain fought theItalians and Germans. This study reviews the early North African campaigns and shows that the British pursued a strategy of fighting the Axis powers in a secondary theater of war and thatthis strategy evolved more by circumstance than design. This study shows that...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1511746564
• ISBN13: 9781511746564
• Release Date: April 2015
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 112 Pages
• Weight: 0.61 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 8.5" x 11.0"