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- catalog abstract ""Before Normandy, before Anzio, a fledgling Allied army of inexperienced officers and undertrained, ill-equipped troops launched a perilous amphibious invasion of unprecedented size and scope. Their mission: to fight their way across 1,200 miles of mountain and desert and wrest control of North Africa from the battle-hardened veterans of the Nazis' vaunted Afrika Korps, commanded by legendary Field Marshal Erwin Rommel - the Desert Fox." "Meeting the Fox tells the dramatic, but now almost forgotten, story of the first Americans to confront Hitler's war machine in battle. It takes you from the huge armada that landed more than 100,000 troops along the African coast, through bitter defeats in the dry hills of Tunisia, and on to a stunning victory after six months of savage fighting on land, on the sea, and in the air."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b12507897.
- catalog created "c2002.".
- catalog date "2002".
- catalog date "c2002.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2002.".
- catalog description ""Before Normandy, before Anzio, a fledgling Allied army of inexperienced officers and undertrained, ill-equipped troops launched a perilous amphibious invasion of unprecedented size and scope. Their mission: to fight their way across 1,200 miles of mountain and desert and wrest control of North Africa from the battle-hardened veterans of the Nazis' vaunted Afrika Korps, commanded by legendary Field Marshal Erwin Rommel - the Desert Fox."".
- catalog description ""Meeting the Fox tells the dramatic, but now almost forgotten, story of the first Americans to confront Hitler's war machine in battle. It takes you from the huge armada that landed more than 100,000 troops along the African coast, through bitter defeats in the dry hills of Tunisia, and on to a stunning victory after six months of savage fighting on land, on the sea, and in the air."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 363-380) and index.".
- catalog description "Introduction: Visit to a Forgotten Cemetery -- The Long Way to Berlin -- The Longest Reach -- "Things Must Not Be Going So Good" -- Oran: Seize the Airfields -- Landing at Algiers -- The Axis Reacts -- First Blood -- Seizing the High Ground -- Fight for the Air -- Meeting the Fox -- Is Anyone in Charge Up There? -- On-the-Job Training--the Hard Way -- A Spring Breeze from the East -- A Valentine's Day Surprise -- First Armored to the Rescue -- "Men Just Running--It Was Panic!" -- Rommel Takes Over -- Changing of the Guard -- The Battle of El Guettar -- Victory in Tunisia -- Ordeal at Fondouk Pass -- Gaining the Upper Hand in the Air -- A Hill Called "609" -- Victory in North Africa.".
- catalog extent "x, 389 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Meeting the Fox.".
- catalog identifier "0471414298 (cloth)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Meeting the Fox.".
- catalog issued "2002".
- catalog issued "c2002.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : J. Wiley,".
- catalog relation "Meeting the Fox.".
- catalog spatial "Africa, North.".
- catalog spatial "United States.".
- catalog subject "940.54/23 21".
- catalog subject "D766.82 .K45 2002".
- catalog subject "Rommel, Erwin, 1891-1944.".
- catalog subject "United States. Army Air Forces. Fighter Group, 33rd History.".
- catalog subject "United States. Army. Infantry Regiment, 168th History.".
- catalog subject "United States. Army. Ranger Battalion, 1st. History.".
- catalog subject "United States. Army. Ranger Battalion, 3rd. History.".
- catalog subject "United States. Army. Ranger Battalion, 4th. History.".
- catalog subject "World War, 1939-1945 Campaigns Africa, North.".
- catalog subject "World War, 1939-1945 Regimental histories United States.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Introduction: Visit to a Forgotten Cemetery -- The Long Way to Berlin -- The Longest Reach -- "Things Must Not Be Going So Good" -- Oran: Seize the Airfields -- Landing at Algiers -- The Axis Reacts -- First Blood -- Seizing the High Ground -- Fight for the Air -- Meeting the Fox -- Is Anyone in Charge Up There? -- On-the-Job Training--the Hard Way -- A Spring Breeze from the East -- A Valentine's Day Surprise -- First Armored to the Rescue -- "Men Just Running--It Was Panic!" -- Rommel Takes Over -- Changing of the Guard -- The Battle of El Guettar -- Victory in Tunisia -- Ordeal at Fondouk Pass -- Gaining the Upper Hand in the Air -- A Hill Called "609" -- Victory in North Africa.".
- catalog title "Meeting the Fox : the Allied invasion of Africa, from Operation Torch to Kasserine Pass to victory in Tunisia / Orr Kelly.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".