Torch: North Africa and the Allied Path to Victory

by Vincent P. O'Hara

Book Overview

World War II had many superlatives, but none like Operation Torch-a series of simultaneous amphibious landings, audacious commando and paratroop assaults, and the Atlantic's biggest naval battle, fought across a two thousand mile span of coastline in French North Africa. The risk was enormous, the scale breathtaking, the preparations rushed, the training inadequate, and the ramifications profound. Torch was the first combined Allied offensive and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 168247013X
• ISBN13: 9781682470138
• Release Date: January 2023
• Publisher: US Naval Institute Press
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.14 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.0"