num_pages: 704
description: The liberation of Europe and the destruction of the Third Reich is a story of courage and enduring triumph, of calamity and miscalculation. In this first volume of the Liberation Trilogy, Rick Atkinson shows why no modern reader can understand the ultimate victory of the Allied powers without a grasp of the great drama that unfolded in North Africa in 1942 and 1943. Beginning with the daring amphibious invasion in November 1942, An Army at Dawn follows the British and American armies as they fight the French in Morocco and Algeria, and then take on the Germans and Italians in Tunisia. Battle by battle, an inexperienced and sometimes poorly led army gradually becomes a superb fighting force. Central to the tale are the extraordinary but fallible commanders who come to dominate the Eisenhower, Patton, Bradley, Montgomery and Rommel.
language: English
title: An Army at Dawn : The War in North Africa, 1942-1943
titlecomplete: An Army at Dawn : The War in North Africa, 1942-1943
genres: Historical, Africa, World History, Military Fiction, American History, War, Nonfiction, History, Military History, World War II
ratings_count: 20150
places: Tunisia, North Africa
series: World War II Liberation Trilogy
awards: awardedAt: 1041408000000
name: Pulitzer Prize
category: History, awardedAt: 1041408000000
name: Society for History in the Federal Government Book Prize, awardedAt: 1041408000000
name: The Society for Military History Distinguished Book Award
publisher: Abacus