Osprey's examination of the North African campaign of November 1942-May 1943 of World War II (1939-1945); which was a baptism of fire for the US Army. After relatively straightforward landings; the US II Corps advanced into Tunisia to support operations by the British 8th Army. Rommel; worried by the prospect of an attack; decided to exploit the inexperience of the US Army and strike a blow against their overextended positions around the Kasserine Pass. However; the Germans were unable to exploit their initial success; and later attacks were bloodily repulsed. The fighting in Tunisia taught the green US Army vital combat lessons; and brought to the fore senior commanders such as Eisenhower; Patton; and Bradley.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. I really enjoyed this book simply because it intersected my interest in ...By SueI really enjoyed this book simply because it intersected my interest in ship design and naval history. If you yawn at the first sentence don't read on and forget about David Brown's book.What Warrior marked was the Royal Navy's first real ironclad warship powered by steam. It is on display at Portsmouth. The book follows the design changes through Dreadnought; which was about half a century but an epoch in ship design from iron clad to steel and from an enhanced ship of the line to a modern big gun battleship. Never mind that battleships are obsolete. The story is about an arms race set over 100 years ago and the lesions for today are all present in terms of technological advance; threat and counter-threat and ever more expensive arms.1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Excellent; But Not a Stand-Alone ReadBy Ken KendallThe author was a naval constructor in United Kingdom beginning in the mid-twentieth century. As such; he was extremely knowledgable regarding issues faced by constructors in the period covered by this book; roughly 1859-1906. The work descends into technical jargon more than occasionally. That said; I learned a great deal; particularly about why naval ships fail in combat or heavy weather.Great Britain maintained a “Military Industrial Complex†to support the 19th century Royal Navy. It had three aspects; political; industrial and technological. This volume addresses the technology of the ships. Dreadnaught by Massy covers the political. The Battleship Builders by Buxton and Johnston covers the industry that built the ships. One interested in the totality of the subject can do worse than reading all three volumes (a considerable undertaking).1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. so it's hard to say if Brown is better or worse than other authorsBy Joseph Pinczewski-LeeNot an era I have any real knowledge of; so it's hard to say if Brown is better or worse than other authors. For me; he did a good job of taking you thru this era of massive technological change. Brown was a Naval Constructor for the Royal Navy; post-'45; I get the impression he is an "Apologist" for the RN. He continually; in this work especially; makes the point that the RN was NOT "Conservative hide-bound" when it came to technology. It is very interesting; in this period the RN naval architecture actually began to be SCIENTIFIC; rather than just empirical in their design process; the difference between "saying this worked in that ship; let's do it again; but 10 feet longer" actually looking at the theories of buoyancy; rolling pitching; examining deck hull strength in regards to "sagging" "hogging". Along the way a few mistakes were made. Lastly; Brown does a workmanlike job of explaining why HMS Dreadnought emerged why it was NOT a "mistake" to build her render the British pre-Dreadnought fleet "obsolete overnight."
