An Army At Dawn: The War In North Africa (1942-1943)

  • Author: Rick Atkinson
  • Narrator: George Guidall
  • Publisher: Simon & Schuster
  • Duration: 26:05:23
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Synopsis

Beginning the trilogy that continues with The Day of Battle, An Army at Dawn opens on the eve of Operation TORCH, the daring amphibious invasion of Morocco and Algeria. After three days of hard fighting against the French, American and British troops push deeper into North Africa.

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.

Chapters

  • AnArmyAtDawn 41 Ch7b

    Duration: 28min
  • AnArmyAtDawn 42 Ch7c

    Duration: 19min
  • AnArmyAtDawn 43 Ch7d

    Duration: 26min
  • AnArmyAtDawn 44 Ch7e

    Duration: 14min
  • AnArmyAtDawn 45 Ch8a

    Duration: 13min
  • AnArmyAtDawn 46 Ch8b

    Duration: 17min
  • AnArmyAtDawn 47 Ch8c

    Duration: 17min
  • AnArmyAtDawn 48 Ch8d

    Duration: 16min
  • AnArmyAtDawn 49 Ch8e

    Duration: 14min
  • AnArmyAtDawn 50 Ch8f

    Duration: 28min
  • AnArmyAtDawn 51 Ch9a

    Duration: 27min
  • AnArmyAtDawn 52 Ch9b

    Duration: 15min
  • AnArmyAtDawn 53 Ch9c

    Duration: 18min
  • AnArmyAtDawn 54 Ch9d

    Duration: 18min
  • AnArmyAtDawn 55 Ch9e

    Duration: 20min
  • AnArmyAtDawn 56 Ch9f

    Duration: 27min
  • AnArmyAtDawn 57 Ch9g

    Duration: 21min
  • AnArmyAtDawn 58 Ch9h

    Duration: 11min
  • AnArmyAtDawn 59 Part4 Ch10a

    Duration: 10min
  • AnArmyAtDawn 60 Ch10b

    Duration: 23min
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