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Destination Casablanca
- Exile, Espionage, and the Battle for North Africa in World War II
- Narrated by: Matthew Waterson
- Length: 17 hrs and 34 mins
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Summary
In November 1942, as a part of Operation Torch, 33,000 American soldiers sailed undetected across the Atlantic and stormed the beaches of French Morocco. Seventy-four hours later, the Americans controlled the country and one of the most valuable wartime ports: Casablanca.
In the years preceding, Casablanca had evolved from an exotic travel destination to a key military target after France's surrender to Germany. Jewish refugees from Europe poured in, hoping to obtain visas and passage to the United States and beyond. Nazi agents and collaborators infiltrated the city in search of power and loyalty. The resistance was not far behind, as shopkeepers, celebrities, former French Foreign Legionnaires, and disgruntled bureaucrats formed a network of Allied spies. But once in American hands, Casablanca became a crucial logistical hub in the fight against Germany - and the site of Roosevelt and Churchill's demand for "unconditional surrender".
Rife with rogue soldiers, power grabs, and diplomatic intrigue, Destination Casablanca is the riveting and untold story of this glamorous city - memorialized in the classic film - at the heart of World War II.
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Critic reviews
"Compulsively readable, deeply engrossing new history... The charmed classic made in Hollywood's dream factories and the granular history recounted in Hindley's superb book fundamentally complement each other, entertaining and instructing us with their timeless tales of political intrigue, moral compromise, acts of courage and cowardice." (New Republic)
"As entertaining as it is informative." (Galveston County Daily News)
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- Phil D.
- 09-01-23
Interesting and informative account.
I really enjoyed the wealth of information on this interesting city and its part in the wider narrative of the Second World War. Plenty of subterfuge, diplomacy and political chicanery, makes for a fascinating listen. The narrator is a little one-pitched and his delivery lacks light and shade. Be prepared also for some clunky American pronunciations, which sound odd coming from an English narrator.
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- The i-MC
- 11-11-18
Spell-binding.
One of the best 'Audible's in my time as a member - in every respect. I'm sure it helped that I am a massive fan of the Bogart film, but the way this book is written just grips you throughout, the narrator is brilliant, the story is incredible, (the film is more accurate than you would expect - in terms of sentiment), and the author's research is intuitive and incisive. You don't have to be a hardcore WW2 historian to enjoy this one - it's a human story on so many levels.
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- george
- 01-11-19
very interesting-good hear!
as above if you like history, Casablanca and world war 2----just buy. lots of little good nuggets
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