“How long it’ll take to finish the job?” Eisenhower hesitated. The president seemed far too sanguine about fighting in the Tunisian winter. “With any kind of break in the weather, sir, we’ll have ’em all either in the bag or in the sea by late spring.” “What’s late spring mean? June?” Eisenhower nodded. “Maybe as early as the middle of May. June at the latest.” He had committed himself. Victory in Africa by mid-May.
