World War II with Tom Hanks
Operation Torch
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In 1942, Eisenhower leads the first joint U.S.-British operation of the war – Operation Torch – successfully landing thousands of untested U.S. troops on the Vichy-controlled shores of North Africa. The Allies race to trap the German forces in Tunisia, resulting in fearsome tank battles against the famed “Desert Fox,” German Field Marshall Erwin Rommel and his battle-tested Afrika Korps.
This episode features interviews with (in order of appearance):
Robert Citino, senior historian, National WWII Museum
Jonathan Parshall, military historian, US Naval War College
General Wesley Clark, US Army, Ret.
Colonel Douglas Douds, professor, US Army War College
Saul David, military historian and author
Dan Snow, historian and broadcaster
Cameron Zinsou, associate professor, Command and General Staff College
Michael Neiberg, professor, US Army War College
Alexandra Richie, professor, Collegium Civitas
Jon Meacham, presidential historian
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