Backwater War: The Allied Campaign in Italy, 1943-1945 - Rilegato

Hoyt, Edwin Palmer

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ISBN 10: 0275974782 ISBN 13: 9780275974787

Casa editrice: Praeger Pub Text, 2002

Riassunto

A year before the much-heralded second front was opened at Normandy in 1944, the Allies waged a campaign in Sicily and Italy--an assault that was marked by argument and dissent from beginning to end, highlighting the fundamental differences in strategic thinking between the Americans and the British. Winston Churchill favored scrapping what would become the Normandy invasion entirely, focusing instead on the "soft underbelly" of Nazi Europe, but American planners summarily rejected any plan that relied solely on a southern option. This is the story of this backwater campaign, a series of battles skillfully staged by the Germans and so botched by the Allies that their victory was achieved only as a result of German exhaustion.

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L'autore:

EDWIN P. HOYT is an independent historian. He is the author of more than 150 books, mostly in the area of military history, including The Last Kamikaze (Praeger, 1993) and Hirohito (Praeger, 1992). Born and raised in Portland, Oregon, Hoyt turned his attention to journalism after service in the Pacific theater during World War II. He has written for the Denver Post, Collier's Magazine, and American Heritage, as well as for CBS news.

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• Editore: Praeger Pub Text
• Data di pubblicazione: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0275974782
• ISBN 13: 9780275974787
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 224