

An Army at Dawn
The War in North Africa (1942-1943)
Author: Rick Atkinson
Narrator: George Guidall
Unabridged: 26 hr 6 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
Published: 04/16/2013
Categories: Nonfiction, Military History, History, Wars, World War Ii
Synopsis
But the confidence gained after several early victories soon wanes; casualties mount rapidly, battle plans prove ineffectual, and hope for a quick and decisive victory evaporates. The Allies discover that they are woefully unprepared to fight and win this war. North Africa becomes a proving ground: it is here that American officers learn how to lead, here that soldiers learn how to hate, here that an entire army learns what it will take to vanquish a formidable enemy. In North Africa, the Allied coalition came into its own, the enemy forever lost the initiative, and the United States -- for the first time -- began to act like a great power.