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WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE AND NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
In the first volume of his monumental trilogy about the liberation of Europe in World War II, Pulitzer Prize winner Rick Atkinson tells the riveting story of the war in North Africa.
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
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This is the little-known story of how a newly independent nation was challenged by four Muslim powers and what happened when America's third president decided to stand up to intimidation. When Thomas Jefferson became president in 1801, America faced a crisis. The new nation was deeply in debt and needed its economy to grow quickly, but its merchant ships were under attack. Pirates from North Africa's Barbary coast routinely captured American sailors...
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This episode of the Air Force Story covers the Allied campaign in North Africa from November 1942 to May 1943, including attacks on Rommel's Africa Corps, Allied resistance at the Passerine Pass, cutting off German escape, and the advance past El Alamein to Tunis. Note: this historical recording may contain variations in audio and visual quality based on the variations of the original source material.
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