Turning The Tide
McKelvey Cleaver, Thomas![Turning The Tide](https://support.digitalhusky.com/media/annotations/sorted/449/44946614/CHSBZCOP0344946614.jpg)
Packed with personal accounts of the action, this is a vivid narrative history of the often-overlooked USAAF campaign in North Africa and Sicily in World War II.
In 1942, the Western Allies needed to take the offensive against the Axis to relieve pressure on the Soviet Union. With planning for a cross-Channel invasion beset by logistical and operational difficulties, in May 1942 President Roosevelt ordered his military leaders to prepare to...