Author: Dominick Graham
Publisher: Pen and Sword
ISBN: 1473819938
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 635
Book Description
When the Allies invaded mainland Italy in 1943 they intended only a clearing-up operation to knock Italy out of the war, but Hitler ordered the German armies to defend every foot of the country. The 'Tug of War' was the mysterious force which caused a war to race out of control, and attract vast numbers of men, tanks, guns and aircraft. The book analyses the main battles of Salerno, Cassino, Anzio and the march on Rome.
Tug of War
Author: Dominick Graham
Publisher: Pen and Sword
ISBN: 1473819938
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 635
Book Description
When the Allies invaded mainland Italy in 1943 they intended only a clearing-up operation to knock Italy out of the war, but Hitler ordered the German armies to defend every foot of the country. The 'Tug of War' was the mysterious force which caused a war to race out of control, and attract vast numbers of men, tanks, guns and aircraft. The book analyses the main battles of Salerno, Cassino, Anzio and the march on Rome.
Publisher: Pen and Sword
ISBN: 1473819938
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 635
Book Description
When the Allies invaded mainland Italy in 1943 they intended only a clearing-up operation to knock Italy out of the war, but Hitler ordered the German armies to defend every foot of the country. The 'Tug of War' was the mysterious force which caused a war to race out of control, and attract vast numbers of men, tanks, guns and aircraft. The book analyses the main battles of Salerno, Cassino, Anzio and the march on Rome.
Forgotten Battles
Author: Charles T. O'Reilly
Publisher: Lexington Books
ISBN: 9780739101957
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 390
Book Description
Italy's War of Liberation takes issue with the apparently prevalent attitude among Allied commanders during World War II that the Italian military was ineffective. O'Reilly recounts the little-known story of the significant contribution made by the Italian military during the Italian Campaign, including the contribution of relatively unacknowledged Italian Partisan formations that fought in Italy, France, Yugoslavia, and Greece. Despite the fact that Italians fought on the front lines with the British and American soldiers, and despite the service of the Italian Navy and Air Force, the Allies refused repeated Italian pleas for more involvement in combat. This book not only attempts to correct the record of military history by illustrating the ways in which the Italians were underutilized by the Allies, but it also serves to paint a fair portrait of the Italian military's substantial efforts to defeat Hitler and eradicate Fascism.
Publisher: Lexington Books
ISBN: 9780739101957
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 390
Book Description
Italy's War of Liberation takes issue with the apparently prevalent attitude among Allied commanders during World War II that the Italian military was ineffective. O'Reilly recounts the little-known story of the significant contribution made by the Italian military during the Italian Campaign, including the contribution of relatively unacknowledged Italian Partisan formations that fought in Italy, France, Yugoslavia, and Greece. Despite the fact that Italians fought on the front lines with the British and American soldiers, and despite the service of the Italian Navy and Air Force, the Allies refused repeated Italian pleas for more involvement in combat. This book not only attempts to correct the record of military history by illustrating the ways in which the Italians were underutilized by the Allies, but it also serves to paint a fair portrait of the Italian military's substantial efforts to defeat Hitler and eradicate Fascism.
Battleground Italy 1943-1945
Author: Franz Kurowski
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780921991779
Category : World War, 1939-1945
Languages : en
Pages : 545
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780921991779
Category : World War, 1939-1945
Languages : en
Pages : 545
Book Description
SAS in Italy 1943-1945
Author: Malcolm Tudor
Publisher: Fonthill Media
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
This is the story of Britain's elite special force in Italy during the Second World War. In the summer of 1943 the SAS came out of Africa to carry the fight to the Germans and Fascists in Sicily and the mainland. On the Italian Armistice and Surrender in September 1943 the originator of the SAS, Scots Guards lieutenant David Stirling, was a prisoner at the high-security prisoner of war camp five at Gavi in Piedmont, north-western Italy, after being captured in January in Tunisia. He eventually ended up as a prisoner at Colditz Castle in Germany, but his work continued. The idea of small groups of parachute-trained soldiers operating behind enemy lines to gain intelligence, destroy enemy aircraft, and attack their supply and reinforcement routes, was realised in the many daring missions carried out in Italy by the men of 2nd SAS Regiment and the Special Raiding Squadron. The famous SAS motto of 'Who dares wins, ' was swiftly translated into the Italian 'Chi osa vince.' This book reveals how words were turned into deeds.
Publisher: Fonthill Media
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
This is the story of Britain's elite special force in Italy during the Second World War. In the summer of 1943 the SAS came out of Africa to carry the fight to the Germans and Fascists in Sicily and the mainland. On the Italian Armistice and Surrender in September 1943 the originator of the SAS, Scots Guards lieutenant David Stirling, was a prisoner at the high-security prisoner of war camp five at Gavi in Piedmont, north-western Italy, after being captured in January in Tunisia. He eventually ended up as a prisoner at Colditz Castle in Germany, but his work continued. The idea of small groups of parachute-trained soldiers operating behind enemy lines to gain intelligence, destroy enemy aircraft, and attack their supply and reinforcement routes, was realised in the many daring missions carried out in Italy by the men of 2nd SAS Regiment and the Special Raiding Squadron. The famous SAS motto of 'Who dares wins, ' was swiftly translated into the Italian 'Chi osa vince.' This book reveals how words were turned into deeds.
War in Italy, 1943-1945
Author: Richard Lamb
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780140237443
Category : Italy
Languages : en
Pages : 335
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780140237443
Category : Italy
Languages : en
Pages : 335
Book Description
Italy 1943-1945
Author: David W. Ellwood
Publisher: Burns & Oates
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
En analyse af begivenheder og forhold i italiensk politik 1943-1945, der førte til fascismens fald og Italiens befrielse. Et meget omfattende noteapparat og meget fyldig bibliografi.
Publisher: Burns & Oates
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
En analyse af begivenheder og forhold i italiensk politik 1943-1945, der førte til fascismens fald og Italiens befrielse. Et meget omfattende noteapparat og meget fyldig bibliografi.
Fifth Army in Italy, 1943–1945
Author: Ian Blackwell
Publisher: Casemate Publishers
ISBN: 1783032448
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 476
Book Description
A history of the Allied coalition in Italy during World War II. The US Fifth Army first saw action during the Salerno Landings in September 1943. While commanded by US Lieutenant General Mark Clark, from the outset one of its two Corps was the X (British) Corps; the other V1 (US) Corps. The multi-national composition of Fifth Army is demonstrated by the French Expeditionary Corps, the Brazilian Expeditionary Force, the South African Armoured Division, the Italian Co-Belligerent forces, formations from the New Zealand Corps and the 4th Indian Division. Clark’s Fifth Army was itself part of the Fifteenth Army Group, commanded by Field Marshal Alexander. Alexander’s light and diplomatic touch oiled the wheels of this uneasy arrangement but inevitably there were tensions and disagreements that threatened success. The low priority accorded to Italy as compared with OVERLORD and NW Europe did not help matters. Seen as a backwater, crack units were taken away and insufficient resources allocated to the Italian Campaign. This combined with the tenacity of the Germans, the difficult terrain and the harsh climate caused real problems. Allied morale was at times particularly brittle and desertion rates worryingly high. This superbly researched book objectively examines the performance of Fifth Army against this complex and troublesome backdrop. The author’s findings make for authoritative and fascinating reading and give food for thought about multinational cooperation in more recent conflicts.
Publisher: Casemate Publishers
ISBN: 1783032448
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 476
Book Description
A history of the Allied coalition in Italy during World War II. The US Fifth Army first saw action during the Salerno Landings in September 1943. While commanded by US Lieutenant General Mark Clark, from the outset one of its two Corps was the X (British) Corps; the other V1 (US) Corps. The multi-national composition of Fifth Army is demonstrated by the French Expeditionary Corps, the Brazilian Expeditionary Force, the South African Armoured Division, the Italian Co-Belligerent forces, formations from the New Zealand Corps and the 4th Indian Division. Clark’s Fifth Army was itself part of the Fifteenth Army Group, commanded by Field Marshal Alexander. Alexander’s light and diplomatic touch oiled the wheels of this uneasy arrangement but inevitably there were tensions and disagreements that threatened success. The low priority accorded to Italy as compared with OVERLORD and NW Europe did not help matters. Seen as a backwater, crack units were taken away and insufficient resources allocated to the Italian Campaign. This combined with the tenacity of the Germans, the difficult terrain and the harsh climate caused real problems. Allied morale was at times particularly brittle and desertion rates worryingly high. This superbly researched book objectively examines the performance of Fifth Army against this complex and troublesome backdrop. The author’s findings make for authoritative and fascinating reading and give food for thought about multinational cooperation in more recent conflicts.
Allied Military Administration of Italy, 1943-1945
Author: Charles Reginald Schiller Harris
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Italy
Languages : en
Pages : 524
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Italy
Languages : en
Pages : 524
Book Description
Circles of Hell
Author: Eric Morris
Publisher: Random House (UK)
ISBN:
Category : Cassino, Battle of, Cassino, Italy, 1944
Languages : en
Pages : 542
Book Description
Publisher: Random House (UK)
ISBN:
Category : Cassino, Battle of, Cassino, Italy, 1944
Languages : en
Pages : 542
Book Description
Tug of War
Author: Dominick Graham
Publisher: New York : St. Martin's Press
ISBN: 9780312823238
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 445
Book Description
Recounts the invasion of Italy during World War II, analyzes the strategies of Allied and German forces, and includes profiles of the military leaders on both sides
Publisher: New York : St. Martin's Press
ISBN: 9780312823238
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 445
Book Description
Recounts the invasion of Italy during World War II, analyzes the strategies of Allied and German forces, and includes profiles of the military leaders on both sides