Title: The Day of Battle
Subtitle: The War in Sicily and Italy, 1943-1944
Description: 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. - Publisher.
Subjects: Campaigns, Military History, World War, 1939-1945, Weltkrieg, Tweede Wereldoorlog, Bevrijding (Tweede Wereldoorlog), Weltkrieg (1939-1945), World War (1939-1945) fast (OCoLC)fst01180924, Military campaigns, Operation Husky, 1943, History, Juvenile literature, World war, 1939-1945, campaigns, italy, Italy, history, Large type books, nyt:paperback-nonfiction=2013-06-16, New York Times bestseller, New York Times reviewed, Fiction, general, Vietnam, fiction
Places: Italy, Rome (Italy), Sicily
Time periods: 1914-1945, Bombardment, 1943-1944