An Army at Dawn (2 page)

CONTENTS

   
LIST OF MAPS

   
MAP LEGEND

   
ALLIED CHAIN OF COMMAND

P   
ROLOGUE

PART ONE   

1. P   
ASSAGE

  
A Meeting with the Dutchman   

  
Gathering the Ships   

  
Rendezvous at Cherchel   

  
On the Knees of the Gods   

  
A Man Must Believe in His Luck   

2. L   
ANDING

  
“In the Night, All Cats Are Grey”   

  
In Barbary   

  
   
VILLAIN

  
To the Last Man   

  
“Glory Enough for Us All”   

3. B   
EACHHEAD

  
A Sword in Algiers   

  
A Blue Flag over Oran   

  
“An Orgy of Disorder”   

  
Battle for the Kasbah   

  
“It’s All Over for Now”   

PART TWO   

4. P   
USHING
E
AST

  
“We Live in Tragic Hours”   

  
A Cold Country with a Hot Sun   

  
Medjez-el-Bab   

  
Fat Geese on a Pond   

5.    
P
RIMUS IN
C
ARTHAGO

  
“Go for the Swine with a Blithe Heart”   

  
“The Dead Salute the Gods”   

  
“Jerry Is Counterattacking!”   

6. A C   
OUNTRY OF
D
EFILES

  
Longstop   

  
“They Shot the Little Son of a Bitch”   

  
“This Is the Hand of God”   

PART THREE   

7. C   
ASABLANCA

  
The Ice-Cream Front   

  
Speedy Valley   

  
“The Touch of the World”   

  
The Sinners’ Concourse   

8. A B   
ITS AND
P
IECES
W
AR

  
“Goats Set Out to Lure a Tiger”   

  
“This Can’t Happen to Us”   

  
“The Mortal Dangers That Beset Us”   

  
“A Good Night for a Mass Murder”   

9. K   
ASSERINE

  
A Hostile Debouchment   

  
None Returned   

  
“Sometimes That Is Not Good Enough”   

  
“This Place Is Too Hot”   

  
“Order, Counter-order, and Disorder”   

  
“Lay Roughly on the Tanks”   

PART FOUR   

10. T   
HE
W
ORLD
W
E
K
NEW
I
S A
L
ONG
T
IME
D
EAD

  
Vigil in Red Oak   

  
“We Know There’ll Be Troubles of Every Sort”   

  
“One Needs Luck in War”   

  
“The Devil Is Come Down”   

11. O   
VER THE
T
OP

  
“Give Them Some Steel!”   

  
“Search Your Soul”   

  
Night Closes Down   

  
“I Had a Plan…Now I Have None”   

12. T   
HE
I
NNER
K
EEP

  
Hell’s Corner   

  
Hammering Home the Cork   

  
“Count Your Children Now, Adolf!”   

  
Tunisgrad   

E   
PILOGUE

   
NOTES

   
SOURCES

   
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

MAPS

1. Mediterranean and European Theaters in World War II

2. Operation
TORCH
, Invasion of North Africa, November 1942

3. Seizure of Oran, November 8–10, 1942

4. Landings in Algiers, November 8, 1942

5. Landings at Fedala, November 8, 1942
The Capture of Casablanca, November 8–11, 1942

6. Attack on Mehdia and Port Lyautey, November 8–10, 1942

7. First Allied Attempt to Reach Tunis, November 15–30, 1942

8. Tébourba Engagement, December 1–3, 1942

9. German Attack on Medjez-el-Bab, December 6–10, 1942

10. Battle for Longstop Hill, December 22–26, 1942

11. The Winter Line in Tunisia, February 1943

12. Battle of Sidi bou Zid, February 14–15, 1943

13. Battles of Kasserine Pass, February 19–22, 1943

14. Battle of Mareth, March 16–28, 1943

15. Battle of El Guettar and Maknassy Pass, March 16–25, 1943

16. Continuing Fight near El Guettar, March 28–April 1, 1943

17. Battle for Fondouk Pass, April 8–9, 1943

18. Final Victory in Tunisia, April 22–May 13, 1943

19. Battle for Hill 609, April 27–May 1, 1943