War In Italy 1944
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At War On The Gothic Line
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Author : Christian Jennings
language : en
Publisher: Macmillan
Release Date : 2016-03-08
At War On The Gothic Line written by Christian Jennings and has been published by Macmillan this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-03-08 with History categories.
Christian Jennings's At War on the Gothic Line tells the little-known story of the Allied effort to break the German defenses in Northern Italy—told through the eyes of the multi-national force that fought it. In the autumn of 1944, as Patton’s army paraded through Paris, another Allied force was gathering in southern Italy. Spearheaded by over 100,000 American troops, this vast, international army was faced with a grim task—break The Gothic Line, a series of interconnected German fortifications that stretched across the mountains of northern Italy. Striving to reach Europe’s vulnerable underbelly before the Red Army, these Allied soldiers fought uphill against entrenched enemies in some of the final and most brutal battles of the Second World War. In At War on the Gothic Line, veteran war correspondent and historian Christian Jennings provides an unprecedented look inside this unsung but highly significant campaign. Through the eyes of thirteen men and women from seven different countries, Jennings brings history to life as he vividly recounts the courageous acts of valor performed by these soldiers facing overwhelming odds, even as many experienced discrimination at the hands of their allies and superiors. Witness the courage of a young Japanese-American officer willing to die for those under his command. Lie in wait with a troop of Canadian fur trappers turned snipers. Creep along mountain paths with Indian warriors as they assault fortified positions in the dead of night. Learn to fear a one-armed SS-Major guilty of some of the most atrocious war-crimes in the European theater. All these stories and more pack the pages of this faced-paced, action-heavy history, taking readers inside one of the most important, and least discussed, campaigns of World War Two.
Italy S Sorrow
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Author : James Holland
language : en
Publisher: HarperCollins Entertainment
Release Date : 2008
Italy S Sorrow written by James Holland and has been published by HarperCollins Entertainment this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with History categories.
James Holland's ground-breaking account expertly documents the German advance to the stalemate of the Gothic line and a segment of Italian history that has been largely neglected. The war in Italy was the most destructive campaign in the west as the Allies and Germans fought a long, bitter and highly attritional conflict up the mountainous leg of Italy during the last twelve months of the Second World War. While the Allies and Germans were slogging it out through the mountains, the Italians were fighting their own battles, one where Partisans and Fascists were pitted against each other in a bloody civil war. Around them, civilians tried to live through the carnage, terror and anarchy while, in the wake of the Allied advance, beleaguered and impoverished Italians were forced to pick their way through the ruins of their homes and country and often forced into making terrible and heart-rending decisions in order to survive.
The Day Of Battle
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Author : Rick Atkinson
language : en
Publisher: Henry Holt and Company
Release Date : 2007-10-02
The Day Of Battle written by Rick Atkinson and has been published by Henry Holt and Company this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-10-02 with History categories.
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER In the second volume of his epic trilogy about the liberation of Europe in World War II, Pulitzer Prize winner Rick Atkinson tells the harrowing story of the campaigns in Sicily and Italy In An Army at Dawn—winner of the Pulitzer Prize—Rick Atkinson provided a dramatic and authoritative history of the Allied triumph in North Africa. Now, in The Day of Battle, he follows the strengthening American and British armies as they invade Sicily in July 1943 and then, mile by bloody mile, fight their way north toward Rome. The Italian campaign's outcome was never certain; in fact, Roosevelt, Churchill, and their military advisers engaged in heated debate about whether an invasion of the so-called soft underbelly of Europe was even a good idea. But once under way, the commitment to liberate Italy from the Nazis never wavered, despite the agonizingly high price. The battles at Salerno, Anzio, and Monte Cassino were particularly difficult and lethal, yet as the months passed, the Allied forces continued to drive the Germans up the Italian peninsula. Led by Lieutenant General Mark Clark, one of the war's most complex and controversial commanders, American officers and soldiers became increasingly determined and proficient. And with the liberation of Rome in June 1944, ultimate victory at last began to seem inevitable. Drawing on a wide array of primary source material, written with great drama and flair, this is narrative history of the first rank. With The Day of Battle, Atkinson has once again given us the definitive account of one of history's most compelling military campaigns.
War In Val D Orcia
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Author : Iris Origo
language : en
Publisher: Pushkin Press
Release Date : 2017-02-23
War In Val D Orcia written by Iris Origo and has been published by Pushkin Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-02-23 with History categories.
'A remarkably moving document that, like the best of the elemental war stories, eventually becomes a statement about the unplanned nature and folly of war'_ The New York Times At the height of the Second World War, Italy was being torn apart by German armies, civil war, and the eventual Allied invasion. In a corner of Tuscany, one woman - born in England, married to an Italian - kept a record of daily life in a country at war. Iris Origo's compellingly powerful diary, War in Val d'Orcia, is the spare and vivid account of what happened when a peaceful farming valley became a battleground. At great personal risk, the Origos gave food and shelter to partisans, deserters and refugees. They took in evacuees, and as the front drew closer they faced the knowledge that the lives of thirty-two small children depended on them. Origo writes with sensitivity and generosity, and a story emerges of human acts of heroism and compassion, and the devastation that war can bring. With a new introduction by writer and social historian Virginia Nicholson, and stunning rediscovered photographs. Iris Origo (1902-1988) was a British-born biographer and writer. She lived in Italy and devoted much of her life to the improvement of the Tuscan estate at La Foce, which she purchased with her husband in the 1920s. During the Second World War, she sheltered refugee children and assisted many escaped Allied prisoners of war and partisans in defiance of Italy's fascist regime and Nazi occupation forces. Pushkin Press also publishes her memoir, Images and Shadows, as well as two of her biographies, A Study in Solitude: The Life of Leopardi - Poet, Romantic and Radical and The Last Attachment: The Story of Byron and Teresa Guiccioli.
Purple Heart Valley A Combat Chronicle Of The War In Italy
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Author : Margaret Bourke-White
language : en
Publisher: Pickle Partners Publishing
Release Date : 2015-11-06
Purple Heart Valley A Combat Chronicle Of The War In Italy written by Margaret Bourke-White and has been published by Pickle Partners Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-11-06 with History categories.
An excellent, richly illustrated, account of the bloodiest phase of the Italian campaign. Here is a report—in pictures and in words—of exactly what happened to our men during the bitterest phases of the Italian campaign. This report is not based upon a hurried visit behind the lines; Margaret Bourke-White spent a full five months on the Italian front photographing, questioning, observing, and living in close association with our troops. She was not content to remain safely behind the combat area. She flew over the German lines and narrowly escaped being shot down. On the ground she came closer to the enemy lines than any woman has been before the most advanced American post around Cassino.
Anzio
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Author : Lloyd Clark
language : en
Publisher: Open Road + Grove/Atlantic
Release Date : 2007-12-01
Anzio written by Lloyd Clark and has been published by Open Road + Grove/Atlantic this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-12-01 with History categories.
A harrowing and incisive “high-quality battle history” from one of the world’s finest military historians (Booklist). The Allied attack of Normandy beach and its resultant bloodbath have been immortalized in film and literature, but the US campaign on the beaches of Western Italy reigns as perhaps the deadliest battle of World War II’s western theater. In January 1944, about six months before D-Day, an Allied force of thirty-six thousand soldiers launched one of the first attacks on continental Europe at Anzio, a small coastal city thirty miles south of Rome. The assault was conceived as the first step toward an eventual siege of the Italian capital. But the advance stalled and Anzio beach became a death trap. After five months of brutal fighting and monumental casualties on both sides, the Allies finally cracked the German line and marched into Rome on June 5, the day before D-Day. Richly detailed and fueled by extensive archival research of newspapers, letters, and diaries—as well as scores of original interviews with surviving soldiers on both sides of the trenches—Anzio is a “relentlessly fascinating story with plenty of asides about individuals’ experiences” (Publishers Weekly). “Masterly . . . A heartbreaking, beautifully told story of wasted sacrifice.” —The Washington Post
Air War Italy 1944 45
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Author : Nick Beale
language : en
Publisher: Airlife Publishing
Release Date : 1996
Air War Italy 1944 45 written by Nick Beale and has been published by Airlife Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996 with History categories.
This is the first account of the Luftwaffe and their allies from the liberation of Rome to the Axis surrender in Italy. It covers not only fighter combats but includes details of an Italian torpedo attack on Gibraltar.
The War In Italy 1943 1944
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Author : John Grehan
language : en
Publisher: Pen and Sword
Release Date : 2014-10-30
The War In Italy 1943 1944 written by John Grehan and has been published by Pen and Sword this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-10-30 with History categories.
Despatches in this volume include that on the Conquest of Sicily from 10 July 1942 to 17 August 1943 by Field-Marshall Viscount Alexander of Tunis; the despatch on the invasion of Sicily in July 1943, by Admiral of the Fleet Sir Andrew B. Cunningham, Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean; despatch on naval operations in connection with the landings in the Gulf of Salerno in September 1943, by Admiral of the Fleet Sir Andrew B. Cunningham; and the despatch on operations of the Allied Armies between September 1943 and December 1944, by Field Marshal the Viscount Alexander of Tunis.This unique collection of original documents will prove to be an invaluable resource for historians, students and all those interested in what was one of the most significant periods in British military history.
War In Italy 1944
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Author : Tim Coates
language : en
Publisher: Tim Coates Books
Release Date : 2004-05-01
War In Italy 1944 written by Tim Coates and has been published by Tim Coates Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-05-01 with History categories.
Monte Cassino and its ancient Benedictine monastery formed part of the Gustav Line, the German defensive line that crossed Italy south of Rome and blocked the Allies advance to the capital. This extract from an account commissioned by the British government on two years' fighting in the Mediterranean concentrates on the first five months of 1944: the establishment of the bridgehead at Anzio, the four battles for Monte Cassino and the overcoming of the Gustav Line. It draws on official documents and sources of information, as well as on records of conversation and observation, to provide a picture that is at once informative and entertaining. The 46 full-page illustrations, many in colour, describe the horrific battles carried out over inhospitable terrain in the first four months of 1944, the destruction of what was the beautiful Monte Cassino monastery, and the struggles of the local population. Paintings by official war artists convey the horrors and record the daily realities.
Italy In The Second World War
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Author : Pietro Badoglio
language : en
Publisher: Praeger
Release Date : 1976
Italy In The Second World War written by Pietro Badoglio and has been published by Praeger this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1976 with Biography & Autobiography categories.