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With utmost spirit : Allied naval operations in the Mediterranean, 1942-1945 /

"Nineteen months before the D-day invasion of Normandy, Allied assault forces landed in North Africa in Operation TORCH, the first major amphibious operation of the war in Europe. Under the direction of Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, AUS, Adm. Andrew B. Cunningham, RN, Admiral H. Kent Hewitt, USN,...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Tomblin, Barbara
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lexington : University Press of Kentucky, 2004.
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  • A new chapter in the struggle for the Mediterranean
  • Operation Torch: the landings in French Morocco
  • Operation Torch: the Mediterranean landings
  • The race to Tunis
  • The Tunisian campaign
  • Gearing up for Operation Husky
  • Operation Husky
  • The Sicilian campaign
  • The race to Messina
  • Operation Avalanche
  • The Salerno campaign
  • Fall 1943 : the Italian campaign
  • Operation Shingle
  • The Anzio campaign
  • Breakout : operations Diadem and Buffalo
  • Preliminaries to Operation Dragoon
  • Operation Dragoon: the landings in southern France
  • Operation Dragoon: final phase
  • The champagne campaign
  • Mopping up in the Med.