WW II in North Africa - The U.S. and Britain Seize the Initiative from Germany
May, 1942 marked the great turning point in WW II during which new U.S. recruits under Patton and battle hardened 
Brits fought the German army under Rommel, ultimately taking over 250,000 prisoners in Tunisia. Rick Atkinson's classic WW II trilogy begins with the acclaimed "An Army at Dawn: the War in North Africa 1942-1943". The Allies avoided a potentially disastrous cross-channel invasion and the U.S. began its emergence as a world super-power.
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An Army at Dawn: the War in North Africa 1942-1943, by Rick Atkinson (2007 - 541pp)
↓ Fast-paced, engaging, Pulitzer Prize narrative of an unprepared U.S Army's first encounters with its British allies against the Germans in North Africa.
All three volumes filled with detailed individual stories and facts not present in most histories……
highly readable, interesting and comprehensive overviews the Africa, Italian and Sicilian campaigns and
initial actions in Western Europe