Fdr's 12 Apostles: The Spies Who Paved the Way for the Invasion of North Africa

by Hal Vaughan

Book Overview

Nineteen months before the attack on Pearl Harbor, FDR sent twelve "vice consuls" to Algeria, Morocco, and Tunisia on a secret mission. Their objective? To prepare the groundwork for what eventually became Operation TORCH, the Allied invasion of North Africa that repelled the Nazis and also enabled the liberation of Italy. This spy network included an ex-Cartier jewel salesman and wine merchant, a madcap Harvard anthropologist, a Parisian playboy...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1592289169
• ISBN13: 9781592289165
• Release Date: October 2006
• Publisher: Lyons Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.53 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.3" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

WWII history

Read this if you want to know what US schools do not teach about the real history of WWII. Fascinating.