From Coast Guard-manned "sea-horse" landing craft, American  troops leap forward to storm a North African beach during final amphibious  maneuvers in 1944. As Satloff notes, the ambitious Operation Torch was "the  largest amphibious assault in history at the time." 
From Coast Guard-manned "sea-horse" landing craft, American troops leap forward to storm a North African beach during final amphibious maneuvers in 1944. As Satloff notes, the ambitious Operation Torch was "the largest amphibious assault in history at the time." 

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From Coast Guard-manned "sea-horse" landing craft, American  troops leap forward to storm a North African beach during final amphibious  maneuvers in 1944. As Satloff notes, the ambitious Operation Torch was "the  largest amphibious assault in history at the time." 
From Coast Guard-manned "sea-horse" landing craft, American troops leap forward to storm a North African beach during final amphibious maneuvers in 1944. As Satloff notes, the ambitious Operation Torch was "the largest amphibious assault in history at the time." 

From Coast Guard-manned "sea-horse" landing craft, American troops leap forward to storm a North African beach during final amphibious maneuvers in 1944. As Satloff notes, the ambitious Operation Torch was "the largest amphibious assault in history at the time." 

German Gen. Erwin  Rommel, with the 15th Panzer Division behind him, rides in a vehicle in Tobruk, Libya, in 1941.
German Gen. Erwin Rommel, with the 15th Panzer Division behind him, rides in a vehicle in Tobruk, Libya, in 1941.

German Gen. Erwin Rommel, with the 15th Panzer Division behind him, rides in a vehicle in Tobruk, Libya, in 1941.

British Gen. Bernard L. Montgomery watches his tanks move up in North Africa in November 1942.
British Gen. Bernard L. Montgomery watches his tanks move up in North Africa in November 1942.

British Gen. Bernard L. Montgomery watches his tanks move up in North Africa in November 1942.

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