A History of the Mediterranean Air War, 1940-1945. Volume 3

A History of the Mediterranean Air War, 1940-1945. Volume 3 Tunisia and the End in Africa, November 1942-1943 Author:Giovanni Massimello Language:English Format:Hardcover Dimensions:6.25" x 9.5" Pages:736 Photos:illustrations throughout Publisher:Grub Street Publishing ISBN:9781910690000 Item No. 9781910690000 The third volume in this series returns to November 1942 to explain the background to the first major Anglo-American venture – Operation Torch, the invasion of French North Africa. It deals with the fratricidal combats which followed the initial landings in Morocco and Algeria for several days. It then considers the efforts made – unsuccessfully in the event – to reach northern Tunisia before the Germans and Italians could get there to forestall the possibility of an attack from the west on the rear of the Afrika Korps forces, then beginning their retreat from El Alamein. The six months of hard fighting wh