Steven J. Zaloga

Kasserine Pass 1943 (eBook, ePUB)

Rommel's last victory
Illustrator: Welply, Michael

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

A highly illustrated account of The North African campaign of November 1942-May 1943 during World War II. This campaign was a baptism of fire for the US Army. After relatively straightforward landings, the US II Corps advanced into Tunisia to support operations by the British 8th Army. Rommel, worried by the prospect of an attack, decided to exploit the inexperience of the US Army and strike a blow against their overextended positions around the Kasserine Pass. However, the Germans were unable to exploit their initial success, and later attacks were bloodily repulsed. The fighting in Tunisia taught the green US Army vital combat lessons, and brought to the fore senior commanders such as Eisenhower, Patton, and Bradley.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks UK
• Seitenzahl: 96
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. Januar 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781472800152
• Artikelnr.: 40469202

Autorenporträt

Steven J. Zaloga received his BA in History from Union College and his MA from Columbia University. He has worked as an analyst in the aerospace industry for three decades, covering missile systems and the international arms trade, and has served with the Institute for Defense Analyses, a federal think tank. He is the author of numerous books on military technology and history, including NVG 294 Allied Tanks in Normandy 1944 and NVG 283 American Guided Missiles of World War II. He currently lives in Maryland, USA.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
The strategic background
Operation Torch
Chronology
Opposing commanders
Axis commanders
Allied commanders
Opposing forces
Opposing plans
The Kasserine campaign
Operation Frühlingswind
Confusion at Sleitla
Operation Morgenluft
Operation Sturmflut: the battle for Kasserine Pass
Command decisions
Supporting Montgomery: Operation Wop
The final campaign in Tunisia
The Campaign in Retrospect
The Battlefields Today
Further reading
Index