Author: Martin BlumensonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : World War, 1939-1945
Languages : en
Pages : 516
Book Description
Salerno to Cassino
Author: Martin BlumensonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : World War, 1939-1945
Languages : en
Pages : 516
Book Description
Salerno to Cassino
Author: Salerno to Cassino
Author: Martin BlumensonSalerno to Cassino
Author: Center of Military History United States ArmyPublisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781508421597
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 508
Book Description
Operations from the invasion of the Italian mainland near Salerno through the winter fighting up to the battles for Monte Cassino (including the Rapido River crossing) and the Anzio beachhead.
United States Army in WWII - the Mediterranean - Salerno to Cassino
Author: Martin BlumensonPublisher: Pickle Partners Publishing
ISBN: 1782894101
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 532
Book Description
[Includes 16 maps and 94 illustrations] The focus of the American and British war effort in 1943 was on the ancient lands bordering the Mediterranean Sea where in May victory came at last in Tunisia and where in July Allied armies began a five-week campaign to conquer Sicily. The invasion of Italy in September sharpened that focus as Allied troops for the first time since 1940 confronted the German Army in a sustained campaign on the mainland of Europe. The fighting that followed over the next eight months was replete with controversial actions and decisions. These included apparent American peril during the early hours in the Salerno beachhead; a British advance from the toe of the peninsula that failed to ease the pressure at Salerno; the fight to cross a flooded Rapido River; the bombing of the Benedictine abbey on Monte Cassino; and the stalemated landings at Anzio. The author addresses these subjects objectively and candidly as he sets in perspective the campaign in Italy and its accomplishments. It was a grueling struggle for Allied and German soldier alike, a war of small units and individuals dictated in large measure by inhospitable terrain and wet and cold that soon immersed the battlefield. The methods commanders and men employed to defeat the terrain and a resourceful enemy are instructive now and will continue to be in the future, for the harsh conditions that were prevalent in Italy know no boundary in time. Nor do the problems and accomplishments of Allied command and co-ordination anywhere stand out in greater relief than in the campaign in Italy.
United States Army in World War II: Blumenson, M. Salerno to Cassino
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : World War, 1939-1945
Languages : en
Pages : 516
Book Description
Salerno to Cassino
Author: Martin BlumensonPublisher: Defense Department
ISBN: 9780160018848
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 509
Book Description
CMH Pub 6-3. United States Army in World War 2. Tells the story of the first eight months of the Italian campaign, from the Allied invasion of the Italian mainland in Sept. 1943, through the battles of the autumn and winter of 1943-44, to the eve of the Allied spring offensive launched in May 1944.
Salerno 1943
Author: Angus KonstamPublisher: Pen and Sword
ISBN: 1473817854
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 291
Book Description
A compelling account of the fierce ten-day battle that led to the end of Mussolini’s rule, with maps and photos. In September 1943, in the first weeks of the Allied campaign to liberate Italy, an Anglo-American invasion force of over 80,000 men was nearly beaten back into the sea by the German defenders in a ferocious ten-day battle at Salerno, south of Naples. This is the story of the tense, bitter struggle around the Salerno beachhead which decided the issue and changed the course of the campaign. For those ten critical days, the fate of Italy hung in the balance. Using documentary records, memoirs, and eyewitness accounts from all sides, Angus Konstam re-creates every stage of the battle at every level as it happened, day by day, hour by hour. His painstakingly researched account offers a fresh perspective on a decisive battle that has been neglected by British and American historians in recent years, and it gives a fascinating insight into the realities of warfare in Europe eighty years ago. Praise for Angus Konstam’s previous books “Wonderful details.” —Publishers Weekly “Riveting.” —History of War "Interesting and exciting . . . thoroughly enjoyable.” —Booklist
The Day of Battle
Author: Rick AtkinsonPublisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 9780805088618
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 852
Book Description
In the second volume of his epic trilogy about the liberation of Europe in World War II, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Atkinson tells the harrowing story of the campaigns in Sicily and Italy.
Author: Ernest F. Fisher