The Army of Dawn: from the Advance to Tunisia to the Liberation of North Africa, 1942-1943
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If the fierce fighting on the European battlefield is a historical drama, then the North African campaign is the first act of this drama. Here, the British Empire was reduced to a vassal in the Anglo-American alliance, the Axis soldiers lost confidence in their officers and were unwilling to fight, while the United States showed its edge and became the leading force in the world. This book sets a monument to this forgotten history. It uses the dangerous Operation Torch as an entry point to sort out the tragic war between November 1942 and May 1942 when the Allied forces landed in French Morocco and Algeria, captured Tunisia, and annihilated the Axis African Corps. The newly formed Allied Forces were originally mired in disorganized logistical supplies, power struggles among allies, and endless military miscalculations. However, after experiencing the Judeid surprise attack, the tragic defeat at Kesselin Pass and the decisive battle at the Tunisian bridgehead, the US military who rushed into battle finally learned to hate and how to defeat the battlefield-hardened enemy. The author not only vividly describes Eisenhower, Patton, Montgomery and other outstanding commanders in North Africa, but also compassionately depicts the soldiers who fell in a pool of blood before they could draw their guns, the civilians who were ravaged in the war, and the miserable prisoners whose lives were cut off. Atkinson's realistic and terrifying North African battlefield tells the world that World War II is not a biography of a saint. Even though heroes and sages emerge in endlessly, there are also rats, fools and corrupt degenerates.
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