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 61 Ch10c

    Duration: 16min
  • AnArmyAtDawn 62 Ch10d

    Duration: 16min
  • AnArmyAtDawn 63 Ch10e

    Duration: 23min
  • AnArmyAtDawn 64 Ch10f

    Duration: 14min
  • AnArmyAtDawn 65 Ch11a

    Duration: 10min
  • AnArmyAtDawn 66 Ch11b

    Duration: 25min
  • AnArmyAtDawn 67 Ch11c

    Duration: 26min
  • AnArmyAtDawn 68 Ch11d

    Duration: 29min
  • AnArmyAtDawn 69 Ch11e

    Duration: 22min
  • AnArmyAtDawn 70 Ch11f

    Duration: 20min
  • AnArmyAtDawn 71 Ch12a

    Duration: 18min
  • AnArmyAtDawn 72 Ch12b

    Duration: 12min
  • AnArmyAtDawn 73 Ch12c

    Duration: 26min
  • AnArmyAtDawn 74 Ch12d

    Duration: 24min
  • AnArmyAtDawn 75 Ch12e

    Duration: 15min
  • AnArmyAtDawn 76 Ch12f

    Duration: 24min
  • AnArmyAtDawn 77 Ch12g

    Duration: 23min
  • AnArmyAtDawn 78 Epilogue a

    Duration: 11min
  • AnArmyAtDawn 79 Epilogue b

    Duration: 22min
  • AnArmyAtDawn 80 Credits

    Duration: 52s
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