Northwest Africa
Seizing the Initiative in the West
The history of initial actions in a war contains lessons of special value for the professional soldier and for all students of military problems. Northwest Africa abounds in such lessons, for it covers the first massive commitments of American forces in World War II. The continent of Africa became a gigantic testing ground of tactics, weapons, and training evolved through years of peace. The invasion stretched American resources to the limit. Simultaneously the country was trying to maintain a line of communications to Australia, to conduct a campaign at Guadalcanal, to support China in the war against Japan, to arm and supply Russia's har…
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- ISBN: 978-1-4102-2095-0
- EAN: 9781410220950
- Produktnummer: 38234983
- Verlag: University Press Of The Pacific
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2005
- Seitenangabe: 780 S.
- Masse: H23.5 cm x B19.1 cm x D4.1 cm 1'428 g
- Abbildungen: Paperback
- Gewicht: 1428
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