Author: Martin BlumensonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : World War, 1939-1945
Languages : en
Pages : 516
Book Description
Salerno to Cassino
Author: Martin BlumensonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : World War, 1939-1945
Languages : en
Pages : 516
Book Description
United States Army in WWII - the Mediterranean - Salerno to Cassino
Author: Martin BlumensonPublisher: Pickle Partners Publishing
ISBN: 1782894101
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 920
Book Description
[Includes 16 maps and 94 illustrations] The focus of the American and British war effort in 1943 was on the ancient lands bordering the Mediterranean Sea where in May victory came at last in Tunisia and where in July Allied armies began a five-week campaign to conquer Sicily. The invasion of Italy in September sharpened that focus as Allied troops for the first time since 1940 confronted the German Army in a sustained campaign on the mainland of Europe. The fighting that followed over the next eight months was replete with controversial actions and decisions. These included apparent American peril during the early hours in the Salerno beachhead; a British advance from the toe of the peninsula that failed to ease the pressure at Salerno; the fight to cross a flooded Rapido River; the bombing of the Benedictine abbey on Monte Cassino; and the stalemated landings at Anzio. The author addresses these subjects objectively and candidly as he sets in perspective the campaign in Italy and its accomplishments. It was a grueling struggle for Allied and German soldier alike, a war of small units and individuals dictated in large measure by inhospitable terrain and wet and cold that soon immersed the battlefield. The methods commanders and men employed to defeat the terrain and a resourceful enemy are instructive now and will continue to be in the future, for the harsh conditions that were prevalent in Italy know no boundary in time. Nor do the problems and accomplishments of Allied command and co-ordination anywhere stand out in greater relief than in the campaign in Italy.
United States Army in World War II.: The Mediterranean theater of operations
Author: United States. Dept. of the Army. Office of Military HistoryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : World War, 1939-1945
Languages : en
Pages : 522
Book Description
Salerno to Cassino
Author: United States Army in World War II.: The Mediterranean theater of operations
Author: Ernest F. FisherPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Italy
Languages : en
Pages : 640
Book Description
Salerno to Cassino
Author: Martin BlumensonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 510
Book Description
Operations from the invasion of the Italian mainland near Salerno through the winter fighting up to the battles for Monte Cassino (including the Rapido River crossing) and the Anzio beachhead.
Salerno to Cassino
Author: Martin BlumensonRiviera to the Rhine
Author: Robert Ross SmithPublisher: CreateSpace
ISBN: 9781515233794
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 628
Book Description
With the publication of "Riviera to the Rhine", the Center of Military History completes its series of operational histories treating the activities of the U.S. Army's combat forces during World War II. This volume examines the least known of the major units in the European theater, General Jacob L. Devers' 6th Army Group. Under General Devers' leadership, two armies, the U.S. Seventh Army under General Alexander M. Patch and the First French Army led by General Jean de Lattre de Tassigny, landing on the Mediterranean coast near Marseille in August 1944, cleared the enemy out of southern France and then turned east and joined with army groups under Field Marshal Sir Bernard L. Montgomery and General Omar N. Bradley in the final assault on Germany. In detailing the campaign of these Riviera-based armies, the authors have concentrated on the operational level of war, paying special attention to the problems of joint, combined, and special operations and to the significant roles of logistics, intelligence, and personnel policies in these endeavors. They have also examined in detail deception efforts at the tactical and operational levels, deep battle penetrations, river-crossing efforts, combat in built-up areas, and tactical innovations at the combined arms level.
Case Studies in the Development of Close Air Support
Author: Benjamin Franklin Cooling (III)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 616
Book Description
En gennemgang af udviklingen inden for taktisk flystøtte
Case studies in the development of close air support
Author: Benjamin Franklin CoolingPublisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 1428992987
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 616
Book Description