Operation Torch - April 2004

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BOOKS AND DOCUMENTS

D 766.82 .A625
Allied Forces. Mediterranean Theatre. Operation Torch: Report of Proceedings. Algiers, Office of the Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean, 1943.

D 766.82 .A626
----------. Operation "Torch": Naval Operation Orders. Caserta, Italy, 1942.

D 766.82 .A6215
Allied Forces. Supreme Headquarters. Outline Plan, Operation Torch. Allied Force Headquarters, 1942.

D 743.2 .A48 1997
Ambrose, Stephen E., and Cyrus L. Sulzberger. American Heritage New History of World War II. New York: Viking, 1997. (see pp. 201-212)

D 766.82 .A82 2002
Atkinson, Rick. An Army at Dawn: The War in North Africa, 1942-1943. New York: Henry Holt & Co., 2002.

D 766.82 .W8 B36 1996
Baxter, Colin F. The War in North Africa, 1940-1943: A Selected Bibliography. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1996.

D 766 .B28
Bennett, Ralph F. Ultra and Mediterranean Strategy. New York: Morrow, 1989.

D 766.82 .B6
Blaxland, Gregory. The Plain Cook and the Great Showman: The First and Eighth Armies in North Africa. London: Kimber, 1977.

D 766.82 .B74 1988
Breuer, William B. Operation Torch: The Allied Gamble to Invade North Africa. New York: St. Martin’s Press, 1988.

D 770 .B78
Bruce, Colin J. Invaders: British and American Experience of Seaborne Landings, 1939-1945. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 1999.

D 743 .B67 1
Bryant, Arthur. The Turn of the Tide; a History of the War Years Based on the Diaries of Field-Marshal Lord Alanbrooke, Chief of the Imperial General Staff. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1957. (see pp. 396-438)

D 769 .B8
Buchanan, Albert R. The United States and World War II. New York: Harper & Row, 1964. (see pp. 143-162)

Ref. D 25 .A2 W3 2002 v. 7
Buell, Thomas B., et al.. The Second World War: Europe and the Mediterranean. Garden City, NY: Square One Pub., 2002. (see v. 7, ch. 7, The Western Allies Seize the Initiative: North Africa, pp. 163-179)

D 811 .B97
Butcher, Harry C. My Three Years with Eisenhower: The Personal Diary of Captain Harry C. Butcher, USNR, Naval Aide to General Eisenhower, 1942-1945. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1946. (see index)

D 766.82 .C265 2003
Calhoun, Mark T. Defeat at Kasserine: American Armor Doctrine, Training, and Battle Command in Northwest Africa, World War II. Fort Leavenworth, KS: Army Command and General Staff College, 2003.

D 735 .E37
Chandler, Alfred D., Jr., ed. The Papers of Dwight David Eisenhower. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins Press, 1970. (see v. 1, pp. 357-659, and v. 2, pp. 661-861)

D 766.8 .C6
Collier, Richard. The War in the Desert. Alexandria, VA: Time-Life Books, 1977. (see pp. 140-161)

D 790 .A471
Craven, Wesley F., and James L. Cate. The Army Air Forces in World War II. Washington: Office of Air Force History, 1983. (see v. 2, pp. 3-206)

D 770 .B453
De Belot, Raymond. The Struggle for the Mediterranean, 1939-1945. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1951. (see pp. 179-195)

D 811 .E58
Eisenhower, Dwight D. Crusade in Europe. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1948.

D 743 .E35
Eisenhower, John S. D. Allies, Pearl Harbor to D-Day. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1982.

D 766.82 .F8
Funk, Arthur L. The Politics of TORCH: The Allied Landings and the Algiers Putsch, 1942. Lawrence, KS: University Press of Kansas, 1974.

D 766.82 .G379 1992
Gelb, Norman. Desperate Venture: The Story of Operation Torch, the Allied Invasion of North Africa. New York: W. Morrow, 1992.

D 766.82 .G68
Gordon, John W. The Other Desert War: British Special Forces in North Africa, 1940-1943. New York: Greenwood Press, 1987.

D 766.82 .O7 1984
Gray, John. T., et al. Operation Torch, North Africa Campaign: Offensive, Deliberate Assault, Amphibious, 8 November 1942. Fort Leavenworth, KS: Combat Studies Institute, Army Command and General Staff College, 1984.

D 743 .U371
Greenfield, Kent R., ed. Command Decisions. Washington: Center of Military History, U.S. Army, 1984. (see The Decision to Invade North Africa (TORCH), by Leo J. Meyer, pp. 173-189)

D 766 .H6
Howard, Michael E. The Mediterranean Strategy in the Second World War.New York: Praeger, 1968.

D 766.82 .K45 2002
Kelly, Orr. Meeting the Fox: The Allied Invasion of Africa, from Operation Torch to Kasserine Pass to Victory in Tunisia. New York: J. Wiley, 2002.

D 811 .L4
Leahy, William D. I Was There: The Personal Story of the Chief of Staff to Presidents Roosevelt and Truman, Based on His Notes and Diaries Made at the Time. New York: McGraw-Hill Book Co., Inc., 1950. (see pp. 108-141)

D 769.75 .U64 1995
Leighton, Richard M., and Robert W. Coakley. Global Logistics and Strategy, 1940-1943. Washington: Center of Military History, U.S. Army, 1995.

D 766 .L485 1999
Levine, Alan J. The War Against Rommel’s Supply Lines, 1942-1943. Westport, CT: Praeger, 1999. (see index)

U 162 .L66 2001
Long, Scott C. The Art of Strategic Balance: Reconciling Global, Domestic, and Theater Imperatives. Maxwell AFB, AL: School of Advanced Airpower Studies, Air University, 2001.

D 769.45 .L67 1995
Lorelli, John A. To Foreign Shores: U.S. Amphibious Operations in World War II. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 1995.

D 766.82 .M23
MacCloskey, Monro. Torch and the Twelfth Air Force. New York: Rosen Press, 1971.

D 769 .A562
Matloff, Maurice, and Edwin M. Snell. Strategic Planning for Coalition Warfare, 1941-1942. Washington: Office of the Chief of Military History, Dept. of the Army, 1953.

D 743 .A1 M26
McInnis, Edgar. The War. Toronto: Oxford University Press, 1940-1946. (see v. 4, pp. 40-51)

D 773 .M82
Morison, Samuel E. Operations in North African Waters, October 1942-June 1943. Boston: Little, Brown, 1947. (see pp. 182-238)

D 773 .M84
----------. The Two Ocean War: A Short History of the United States Navy in the Second World War. Boston: Little, Brown, 1963. (see pp. 215-239)

D 766.82 .M79
Mortensen, Daniel R. A Pattern for Joint Operations: World War II Close Air Support, North Africa. Washington: Office of Air Force History and U.S. Army Center of Military History, 1987.

D 766.82 .P3
Parkinson, Roger. The War in the Desert. London: Hart-Davis MacGibbon, 1976.

D 766 .P6 v. 4
Playfair, Ian S. O., et al. The Mediterranean and the Middle East. London: H. M. Stationery Office, 1954.
(see v. 4, The Destruction of the Axis Forces in Africa, pp. 109-192)

D 770 .R6 1992
Rohwer, Jurgen, and Gerhard Hummelchen, ed. Chronology of the War at Sea 1939-1945: The Naval History of World War Two. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 1992.

D 766.82 .S3
Sainsbury, Keith. The North African Landings, 1942: A Strategic Decision. Newark, DE: University of Delaware Press, 1979.

D 769.365 .M27 1994
Shaw, Henry I., ed. Marines in World War II Commemorative Series. Washington: History and Museums Division, Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps, 1991-1994.
(see v. 2, A Different War: Marines in Europe and North Africa, by Harry W. Edwards, pp. 18-22)

D 766.82 .S62 1992
Spaulding, David E. Early North African Campaigns 1940-1942: A Case Study. Carlisle Barracks, PA: Army War College, 1992.

Ref. D 743 .U46
Stamps, Thomas D., and Vincent J. Esposito. A Military History of World War II with Atlas. West Point: U.S. Military Academy, 1965.
(see v. 2, Operations in the Mediterranean and Pacific Theaters, pp. 34-46)

D 743 .S8
Steele, Richard W. The First Offensive 1942: Roosevelt, Marshall and the Making of American Strategy. Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, 1973.
(see pp. 167-179)

D 766.82 .S68
Strawson, John. The Battle for North Africa. New York: Scribner, 1969.

D 743 .T2
Taylor, Alan J. P., and Sydney L. Mayer. History of World War II. London: Octopus Books, 1974.

D 766.82 .T8
Tute, Warren. The North African War. New York: Two Continents/Sidgwick & Jackson, 1976. (see pp. 144-189)

D 766.82 .U65
United States. Office of Naval Intelligence. The Landings in North Africa: November 1942. Washington, 1944.

D 743 .W52
Wilmot, Chester. The Struggle for Europe. New York: Harper, 1952.

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PERIODICALS

Beam, John C. "The Intelligence Background of Operation Torch." Parameters, vol. 13, no. 4, Dec. 1983, pp. 60-68.

Betson, William R. "Armor in the RFD: Oran, 1942." Armor, vol. 93, no. 2, Mar./Apr. 1984, pp. 36-43.

Brooks, Russel. "Casablanca—The French Side of the Fence." Proceedings of the United States Naval Institute, vol. 77, no. 9, Sept. 1951, pp. 909-925.

Browning, Robert M., Jr. "Amphibious Landing." Commandant’s Bulletin, no. 12, Dec. 1992, pp. 16-19.

Coffin, Robert E. "Operation Torch: A Perilous Preview." Army, vol. 42, no. 11, Nov. 1992, pp. 42-48.

Comtois, Pierre. "First Fire of Operation Torch." World War II, vol. 11, no. 4, Nov. 1996, pp. 54-60 +.

Dorr, Robert F. "Operation Torch Invasion Was WWII’s First Allied Offensive." Army Times, vol. 62, no. 31, Feb. 25, 2002, p. 34.

Dunn, James W. "Engineers in North Africa." Engineer, vol. 23, no. 2, Apr. 1993, pp. 46-48.

Frisbee, John L. "The Lessons of North Africa." Air Force Magazine, vol. 73, no. 9, Sept. 1990, pp. 59-62 +.

Funk, Arthur L. "Eisenhower, Giraud, and the Command of TORCH." Military Affairs, vol. 35, no. 3, Oct. 1971, pp. 103-108.

Hewitt, H. Kent. "The Landing in Morocco, November 1942." Proceedings of the United States Naval Institute, vol. 78, no. 11, Nov. 1952, pp. 1243-1254.

Hoffman, Jon T. "The Legacy and Lessons of Operation TORCH." Marine Corps Gazette, vol. 76, no. 12, Dec. 1992, pp. 60-63.

Jennys, David R. "Defenders Reluctantly Engaged." World War II, vol. 7, no. 4, Nov. 1992, pp. 26-32.

Kirkpatrick, Charles E. "Joint Planning for Operation Torch." Parameters, vol. 21, no. 2, Summer 1991, pp. 73-85.

Mersky, Peter. "Naval Aviation in Operation Torch." Naval Aviation News, vol. 75, no. 1, Nov./Dec. 1992, pp. 24-28.

----------. "The Royal Navy’s Fleet Air Arm in Operation Torch." Naval Aviation News, vol. 75, no. 1, Nov./Dec. 1992, p. 29.

Murphy, Robert D. "Operation TORCH: It Was 25 Years Ago—The Landing in North Africa." Foreign Service Journal, vol. 44, no. 11, Nov. 1967, pp. 28-30 +.

Murray, Williamson. "Triumph of Operation Torch." World War II, vol. 17, no. 4, Nov. 2002, pp. 44-48 +.

Raines, Edgar F., Jr. "Disaster Off Casablanca: Air Observation Posts in Operation Torch and the Role of Failure in Institutional Innovation." Air Power History, vol. 49, no. 3, Fall 2002, pp. 18-33.

Roberts, Donald J., II. "Raid on Rommel’s Railroad." World War II, vol. 15, no. 4, Nov. 2000, pp. 58-64.

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ELECTRONIC RESOURCES

Operation Torch — North Africa — 8th to 12th Nov 1942. Online. Mar. 15, 2004.
Available at: http://www.combinedops.com/Torch.htm

USS Augusta (CA-31) Operation Torch (North Africa Invasion). Online. Mar. 15, 2004.
Available at: http://www.internet-esq.com/ussaugusta/torch/

Wikipedia. Operation Torch. Online. Mar. 23, 2004. Available at:
http://www.worldhistory.com/wiki/O/Operation-Torch.htm

World War II Multimedia Database. Operation Torch, November 8, 1942. Online.
Mar. 15, 2004. Available at: http://www.worldwar2database.com/html/torch.htm

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MULTIMEDIA RESOURCES

CD-ROM
Center of Military History. The United States Army and World War II. Washington, 2002.

AVFL-227
Cronkite, Walter. Invasion: The Allies Attack. New York: CBS Video Library, 1982.

AUDIO C888
Eisenhower, Dwight D. Crusade in Europe. Newport Beach, CA: Books on Tape, 1998.

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ADDITIONAL ELECTRONIC DATABASES

The Air Force Times, Army Times, Marine Corps Times and Navy Times are additional sources of information for Operation Torch. The weekly papers are indexed in the Staff College Automated Military Periodicals Index (SCAMPI) available on line at: http://www.dtic.mil/dtic/scampi/

Also, be sure to search the following electronic databases, available in the JFSC Library for additional information on Operation Torch.

EBSCOHOST
Abstracts and full text articles available from over 300 military publications.

LexisNexis
Collection of full text news resources from U.S. and world newspapers.

ProQuest
Abstracts and full text journal and newspaper articles.

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Prepared by Dr. Riley
June 2004