World War II in the Mediterranean, 1942-1945Algonquin Books, 1. sij 1990. - Broj stranica: 218 Recounts events in the Mediterranean during World War II, including how the inexperienced Americans gained combat experience and learned to work together with the British. |
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INTRODUCTION | xi |
AUTHORS INTRODUCTION | xix |
Lighting the Torch | 1 |
The Battle for Tunisia | 22 |
Operation HUSKY | 38 |
The Battle for Sicily | 57 |
Planning the Invasion of Italy | 78 |
The Salerno Landings | 86 |
The End Run | 123 |
The Anzio Beachhead | 134 |
Cassino and Anzio A House Divided | 147 |
The Capture of Rome | 162 |
To the Winter Line | 178 |
The Final Days | 192 |
EPILOGUE | 197 |
ESSAY ON SOURCES | 201 |
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10th Corps 15th Army Group 15th Panzer 1st Division 36th Division 3d Division 45th Division airborne Alban Hills Alexander Alexander's American amphibious Armored Division Army commander Army Group Arnim artillery assault attack Axis battalion battle beaches became began Bradley British capture Cassino casualties Catania Chiefs of Staff Churchill Cisterna Clark combat counterattack D-Day defenses Divi Eighth Army Eisenhower Eisenhower's enemy February Fifth Army fighting fought Fredendall front Gela Gothic Line guns Gustav Line Hermann Göring Division Hitler HUSKY Infantry Division invasion Italian campaign Italy Kasserine Kesselring Kesselring's Leese left flank Lucas Major Mediterranean Messina miles Montgomery Naples naval North Africa offensive operation Panzer Division Panzer Grenadier Division Parachute paratroopers Patton Rangers Rapido Regiment reinforcements River Rome Rommel Salerno sector Sele River SHINGLE Sicily sion strategy tanks Task Force Tenth Army terrain troops Truscott Tunisia U.S. Army U.S. Army Signal U.S. II Corps VI Corps Vietinghof Winter Line