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Anzio

Author : Lloyd Clark
Publisher : Open Road + Grove/Atlantic
ISBN 13 : 1555846246
Total Pages : 537 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (558 download)

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Download or read book Anzio written by Lloyd Clark and published by Open Road + Grove/Atlantic. This book was released on 2007-12-01 with total page 537 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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

Anzio: Bid for Rome

Author : Christopher Hibbert
Publisher : Ballantine Books
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 172 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (7 download)

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Download or read book Anzio: Bid for Rome written by Christopher Hibbert and published by Ballantine Books. This book was released on 1970 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "'The beach head has become a death's head' the German propaganda leaflet told nothing but the truth. Fatal indecision led to months of loss, and pointless bloodshed in the winter of 1943-44. 'The Allies,' Kesselring triumphantly recorded, '... missed a uniquely favorable chance of capturing Rome.'" -- back cover.

Fatal Decision

Author : Carlo D'Este
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0061942472
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (619 download)

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Download or read book Fatal Decision written by Carlo D'Este and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2009-06-02 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fatal Decision is a powerful, dramatic, moving, and ultimately definitive narrative of one of the most desperate campaigns of World War II. In the winter of 1943-44, Anzio, a small Mediterranean resort and port some thirty-five miles south of Rome, played a crucial role in the fortunes of World War II as the target of an amphibious Allied landing. The Allies planned to bypass the strong German defenses along the Gustav Line and at Monte Cassino sixty miles to the southeast, which were holding up the American and British armies and preventing the liberation of Rome. By taking advantage of Allied command of the sea and air to effect complete surprise, infantry and armored forces landing at Anzio on January 22 were expected to secure the beachhead and then push inland to cut off the two main highways and railroads supplying the German forces to the south, either trapping and annihilating the German armies or forcing them to withdraw to the north, thus opening the way to Rome. But the reality of one of the most desperate campaigns of World War II was bad management, external meddling, poorly relayed orders, and uncertain leadership. The Anzio beachhead became a death trap, with Allied troops forced to fight for their lives for four dreadful months. The eventual victory in May 1944 was muted, bitter, and overshadowed by the Allied landings in Normandy on June 6. Mixing flawless research, drama, and combat with a brilliant narrative voice, Fatal Decision is one of the best histories ever written of a World War II military campaign.

Rome – City in Terror

Author : Victor Failmezger
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1472841271
Total Pages : 529 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (728 download)

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Download or read book Rome – City in Terror written by Victor Failmezger and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2020-09-17 with total page 529 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the compelling story of an Eternal City brought low, of the terror and hardship of occupation, and of the disparate army of partisan fighters, displaced aristocrats, Vatican priests, Allied POWs and ordinary citizens who battled for the liberation of Rome. In September 1943, following wave upon wave of Allied bombing, Italy announced an armistice with the Allies. Shortly afterwards, the German army disarmed Italian forces and, despite military and partisan resistance, quickly overran Rome. Rome – City in Terror is a comprehensive history of the nine-month-long German occupation of the city that followed. The Gestapo wasted no time enforcing an iron grip on the city once the occupation was in place. They swiftly eliminated the Carabinieri, the Italian paramilitary force, rounded up thousands of Italians to build extensive defensive lines across Italy, and, at 5am one morning, arrested more than 1,000 Roman Jews and sent them to Auschwitz. Resistance, however, remained strong. To aid the thousands of Allied POWs who escaped after the dissolution of the Italian army, priests, diplomats and escaped ex-POWs operating out of the Vatican formed a nationwide organization called the 'Escape Line'. More than 4,000 Allied POWs scattered all over Italy were sheltered, clothed and fed by these courageous Italians, whose lives were forfeit if their activities were discovered. Meanwhile, as food became scarce and the Gestapo began to raid on homes and institutions, Italian partisan fighters launched attack after attack on German military units in the city, with the threat of execution never far away.

The Race for Rome

Author : Dan Kurzman
Publisher : Doubleday Books
ISBN 13 : 9780385065559
Total Pages : 570 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (655 download)

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Download or read book The Race for Rome written by Dan Kurzman and published by Doubleday Books. This book was released on 1975 with total page 570 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A popular history of the Allied liberation of Rome from the Nazis during World War II, describing not only the military maneuvering, but also the plight of the inhabitants of Rome, and the role of their leaders, Pope Pius XII and the city's chief Rabbi.

The Sonarman's War

Author : H.G. Jones
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 0786460032
Total Pages : 261 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (864 download)

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Download or read book The Sonarman's War written by H.G. Jones and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2014-01-10 with total page 261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This memoir is an intimate and sometimes irreverent account of one man's coming of age during World War II. Born a North Carolina farmboy, Jones served as a U.S. Navy sonarman aboard a wooden submarine chaser operating from Africa and Sicily during the Allied invasions at Anzio and Southern France. He also served as sonarman and yeoman on two fleet mine sweepers in the Okinawa, Formosa and China operations. This memoir is drawn not only from memory, but from the author's surviving diaries from the conflicts, daily logs of the three ships upon which he served, and the secret reports of military commanders and other official records.

The Era of World War II

Author : Louise A. Arnold-Friend
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (121 download)

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Download or read book The Era of World War II written by Louise A. Arnold-Friend and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Historical Dictionary of World War II

Author : Anne Sharp Wells
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
ISBN 13 : 0810879441
Total Pages : 567 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (18 download)

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Download or read book Historical Dictionary of World War II written by Anne Sharp Wells and published by Scarecrow Press. This book was released on 2013-12-24 with total page 567 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This dictionary covers the complex and costly conflict that began when Germany, ruled by Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party, invaded neighboring Poland on 1 September 1939; and concluded when Germany surrendered on 7–9 May 1945, leaving much of the European continent in ruins and its population devastated. The war against Germany, Italy, and the other European Axis members was fought primarily in Europe, the Mediterranean, the Middle East, East and North Africa, and the Atlantic Ocean. The Axis powers were defeated by the Allies, led by the “Grand Alliance” of Great Britain, the United States, and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. The Historical Dictionary of World War II: The War against Germany and Italy relates the history of this war through a chronology, an introductory essay, maps and photos, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has more than 300 cross-referenced entries on the countries and geographical areas involved in the war, as well as the nations remaining neutral; wartime alliances and conferences; significant civilian and military leaders; and major ground, naval, and air operations. This book is an excellent access point for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about World War II.

The Battle for Rome

Author : Robert Katz
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 9780743216425
Total Pages : 466 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (164 download)

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Download or read book The Battle for Rome written by Robert Katz and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2003 with total page 466 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This landmark work draws on newly released documents and firsthand accounts to tell the dramatic story of Rome's dark days during the German occupation. 8-pages of photos. 2 maps.

Rome '44, the Battle for the Eternal City

Author : Raleigh Trevelyan
Publisher : Viking
ISBN 13 : 9780670606047
Total Pages : 426 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (6 download)

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Download or read book Rome '44, the Battle for the Eternal City written by Raleigh Trevelyan and published by Viking. This book was released on 1982 with total page 426 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Special Bibliography

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Special Bibliography written by and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Battle of Anzio

Author : T. R. Fehrenbach
Publisher : Open Road Media
ISBN 13 : 1497603811
Total Pages : 95 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (976 download)

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Download or read book The Battle of Anzio written by T. R. Fehrenbach and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2014-04-01 with total page 95 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A major turning point of WWII: The incredible true story of Allied forces who held a strip of Italian beach against Nazi bombardment. The Battle of Anzio was among the most bloody of the World War II conflicts. T. R. Fehrenbach’s accurate account stunningly depicts the reality of the Allied forces’ fight for survival on an Italian beach as they stormed what Winston Churchill called the soft underbelly of the Axis powers. In one of the turning points of the war, the allies clung to a narrow strip of sand while German planes swooped in from above and artillery shells and mortar fire pounded them on the ground. This is a true and dramatic account of the battle from the perspective of a soldier and military historian, told with pride, compassion, and spirit. T. R. Fehrenbach’s account of war needs no embellishing and brings you into the thick of the action.

Special Bibliographic Series

Author : US Army Military History Research Collection
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 536 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Special Bibliographic Series written by US Army Military History Research Collection and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 536 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Western European and Mediterranean Theaters in World War II

Author : Donal Sexton
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135906874
Total Pages : 583 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (359 download)

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Download or read book The Western European and Mediterranean Theaters in World War II written by Donal Sexton and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2011-10-06 with total page 583 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Western European and Mediterranean Theaters in World War II is a concise, comprehensive guide for students, teachers, and history buffs of the Second World War. With an emphasis on the American forces in these theaters, each entry is accompanied by a brief annotation that will allow researchers to navigate through the vast amount of literature on the campaigns fought in these regions with ease. Focusing on all aspects surrounding the U.S. involvement in the Western European and Mediterranean theaters, including politics, religion, biography, strategy, intelligence, and operations, this bibliography will be a welcome addition to the collection of any academic or research library. Routledge Research Guides to American Military Studies provide concise, annotated bibliographies to the major areas and events in American military history. With the inclusion of brief critical annotations after each entry, the student and researcher can easily assess the utility of each bibliographic source and evaluate the abundance of resources available with ease and efficiency. Comprehensive, concise, and current—Routledge Research Guides to American Military Studies are an essential research tool for any historian.

Monte Cassino

Author : Matthew Parker
Publisher : Anchor
ISBN 13 : 0385513399
Total Pages : 445 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (855 download)

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Download or read book Monte Cassino written by Matthew Parker and published by Anchor. This book was released on 2004-06-01 with total page 445 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Monte Cassino is the true story of one of the bitterest and bloodiest of the Allied struggles against the Nazi army. Long neglected by historians, the horrific conflict saw over 350,000 casualties, while the worst winter in Italian memory and official incompetence and backbiting only worsened the carnage and turmoil. Combining groundbreaking research in military archives with interviews with four hundred survivors from both sides, as well as soldier diaries and letters, Monte Cassino is both profoundly evocative and historically definitive. Clearly and precisely, Matthew Parker brilliantly reconstructs Europe’s largest land battle–which saw the destruction of the ancient monastery of Monte Cassino–and dramatically conveys the heroism and misery of the human face of war.

Bolt Action: Campaign: Italy: Tough Gut

Author : Warlord Games
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1472860209
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (728 download)

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Download or read book Bolt Action: Campaign: Italy: Tough Gut written by Warlord Games and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2023-08-17 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A new supplement for Bolt Action focusing on the later Italian Campaign, following on from Soft Underbelly, adding new units, scenarios, and special rules. In Italy, the fight continues! As the Allies push north up the Italian Peninsula, they have encountered heavy resistance from the Axis and their multitude of fortified and defensive lines, slowing the allied advance to a crawl. The 'soft underbelly' of Europe proved to be false, instead it was a 'tough gut'. This supplement for Bolt Action, and the counterpart to Soft Underbelly, focuses on the battles ranging from the Gustav Line in 1944 all the way to those of the Gothic Line in 1945, with the breakouts at Anzio and Monte Cassino of particular focus. Containing a host of scenarios to refight these famous battles, along with new units, special rules, and Theatre Selectors, this book contains everything players need to bring an end to the war and liberate Italy.

Jack Montgomery

Author : Michael P. Spradlin
Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
ISBN 13 : 1250157080
Total Pages : 87 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (51 download)

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Download or read book Jack Montgomery written by Michael P. Spradlin and published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR). This book was released on 2019-01-15 with total page 87 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jack C. Montgomery was a Cherokee from Oklahoma, and a first lieutenant with the 45th Infantry Division Thunderbirds. On February 22, 1944, near Padiglione, Italy, Montgomery's rifle platoon was under fire by three echelons of enemy forces when he single-handedly attacked all three positions, neutralizing the German machine-gunners and taking numerous prisoners in the process. Montgomery's actions demoralized the enemy and saved the lives of many American soldiers. The Medal of Honor series profiles the courage and accomplishments of recipients of the highest and most prestigious personal military decoration, awarded to recognize U.S. military service members who have distinguished themselves through extraordinary acts of valor.