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