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Together We Stand
North Africa 1942-1943, Turning the Tide in the West
- Author: James Holland
- Category: Non-fiction
- Publisher: HarperCollins(UK)/Hyperion(US)
- Pub date: February 2006
- Length: 720 pages
About Together We Stand
TOGETHER WE STAND is the second book in James Holland’s World War II Mediterranean trilogy
US troops landed in North Africa on 8 and 9 November 1942, so beginning the supremely successful fighting alliance of America and Britain that endures today.
It was the first time US troops had been involved in the ground war in the West. So began six months of bitter fighting over flat desert sand, through treacherous mountain passes, in scorching heat, heavy snow and torrential rain. American troops had to learn quickly what it was like to fight battle-hardened, highly trained German forces, and British troops had to learn how to use up-to-date equipment and fight alongside a new ally.
TOGETHER WE STAND will explore the beginning of this Allied friendship and how the British and Americans evolved into a combined power that could defeat Germany. Like FORTRESS MALTA, this story will be told through the eyes of those who were there, British and American alike, with a wealth of human drama.
A dramatic history, then, told by the people who lived it and the beginnings of a friendship which remains intact, if still under fire, 60 years on.
About the Author
James Holland was born in Salisbury and studied at Durham University. He has written for a number of newspapers and magazines. He is the prolific author of FORTRESS MALTA: An Island Under Siege, 1940-43, TOGETHER WE STAND: North Africa, 1942-43 and ITALY’S SORROW: A Year of War, 1944-45, and two novels, THE BURNING BLUE and A PAIR OF SILVER WINGS. He has also written and presented a film, ‘Victory in Europe’. Married with a son, he lives near Salisbury.