Operation Torch 1942

The invasion of French North Africa

Brian Lane Herder author Darren Tan illustrator

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Published:21st Sep '17

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A highly illustrated study of Operation Torch, the first major Allied amphibious invasion of the war. It will appeal to any enthusiast of the North African campaign in World War II.

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.

ISBN: 9781472820549

Dimensions: 248mm x 184mm x 8mm

Weight: 309g

96 pages