An Army at Dawn: The War in North Africa (1942-1943)

The Liberation Trilogy, Volume 1

By: Rick Atkinson

Narrated by: George Guidall

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.

Well Done!

What did you love best about An Army at Dawn: The War in North Africa (1942-1943)?

This is a superb book and a fine performance! It badly needed A PDF. I'm not at all familiar with the African campaigns. A boatload of information. Fascinating. Well Drawn.

Wow!

This is an important and incredibly well done book. I am going to the next book now.

Great personalized history

Author did excellent research and presented a well thought through timeline of events. Personalized most of the events, bringing readers into the story even further. I loved the production, it was well edited and flowed very well.

Great Read

I had the feeling that I was a live witness to the events and people portrayed.

Evan's Review

If you like US History and WW2 Rick does a great job is going through the events of North Africa Campaign. One important point of the Campaign was we where not ready for War in 1942. I recommend the book along with the other two in the Series.