![]() In spite of all the advice to the contrary Roosevelt eventually sided with the British and launched Torch, an invasion of French North Africa aimed at catching the Germans in a pincher with the British 8th Army.īy Atkinson’s account Roosevelt’s decision avoided disaster. ![]() This also had the advantage of maintaining access to the raw materials, including the cannon fodder, of their empire. Instead they advocated a “peripheral” strategy, starting in North Africa”. ![]() The British, by contrast, having been unceremoniously evicted by the Germans from France, Norway and Greece, were altogether more circumspect about this approach. ![]() Summary: a fine account of Operation Torch and the US army’s “European” baptism of fireĪn Army at Dawn is an account of Operation Torch, the US army’s first engagement – in North Africa- against the European axis powers during the Second World War.Ītkinson notes that from the outset American generals argued that the only way to defeat Germany was a direct attack on its heart through France. ![]()
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