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Название: Twelve Desperate Miles: The Epic World War II Voyage of the SS Contessa Автор: Tim Brady Издательство: Crown Publishing Group (NY) ISBN: 0307590372 Год: 2012 Формат: EPUB Страниц: 384 Для сайта:Миркниг Размер: 4,4 МБ Язык: Английский
The Dirty Dozen meets Band of Brothers in this true story of how a rusty old New Orleans banana boat staffed with an unlikely crew of international merchant seamen, a gang of inmates from a local jail, and a French harbor pilot spirited out of Morocco by O.S.S. agents in the trunk of a Chevy, were drafted into service in WWII and heroically succeeded in setting the stage for Patton's epic invasion of North Africa. The largest amphibious invasion force ever to cross the Atlantic Ocean set sail from Virginia for North Africa in November 1942. Operation Torch was the true beginning of the liberation of Europe since control of Northwestern Africa Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia gave the Allies a base on the Mediterranean for the coming invasion of southern Europe. The prime objectives of the Moroccan invasion, headed by General George Patton, were the port city of Casablanca and an airfield 60 miles northeast of the city, which had the only concrete runways in the region.
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Twelve Desperate Miles: The Epic World War II Voyage of the SS Contessa 
