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| Title: | Backwater War
: The Allied Campaign in Italy, 1943-45 |
| Series: | (Stackpole Military History Series) |
| Author: | Edwin P Hoyt |
| ISBN: | 0811733823 : 9780811733823 |
| Illustrations: | 26 b/w photos |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Size: | 155x230mm |
| Pages: | 247 |
| Weight: | .442 Kg. |
| Published: | Stackpole Books - February 2007 |
| List Price: | 10.5 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: | In Print |
| Subjects: | Battles & campaigns: World history: Second World War |
A year before the much-heralded second front was opened in Normandy in 1944, the Allies waged a campaign in Sicily and Italy -- an assault that was marked by intra-Allied argument and dissent from beginning to end. Winston Churchill favoured scrapping the Normandy invasion entirely while focusing on Europe's soft underbelly while the Americans rejected any plan that relied solely on a southern option. This is the story of the backwater war that resulted, a fierce, drawn-out campaign that began with the invasion of Sicily, continued with the landings at Salerno and Anzio in Italy, and included the controversial bombing of Monte Cassino.
The Anglo-American Military Alliance; The Allies Prepare; The Axis Defences of Sicily; Invasion; The British Eighth Army's Drive; The US Seventh Army's Drive; The Fall of Mussolini; Confusion; The Race for Messina; The Surrender of Italy and the Surprise That Wasn't; Unrest at Quadrant; Salerno; The Strategic Trap; A Series of Delaying Actions; The Advance is Stopped; The Rapido River Fiasco; Crossing; Anzio; The Attack on Cassino; The Bombing of Monte Cassino; The Germans at Anzio; Spring Offensive; The End of the Gustav Line; Breakthrough; The Fall of Rome; North From Rome; Cracking the Gothic Line; The Centre of the Line; Winter Doldrums; To the Bitter End; Index.
