Anzio : edge of disaster / William Lusk Allen.
نوع المادة :
نصالسلاسل:Men and battleالناشر:New York : Elsevier-Dutton, [1978]تاريخ حقوق النشر: copyright 1978الطبعات:1st edوصف:ix, 181 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmنوع المحتوى:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0525930035 (hbk)
- D763.I82 A52 1978
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UAE Federation Library | مكتبة اتحاد الإمارات General Collection | المجموعات العامة | D763.I82 A52 1978 (إستعراض الرف(يفتح أدناه)) | C.1 | Library Use Only | داخل المكتبة فقط | 30010000258047 |
"A Talisman/Parrish book."
Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-176) and index.
What really went on at Anzio in World War II? What was the Allied plan when, on 22 January 1944, the invading force waded ashore virtually unopposed by the Germans? In compelling detail this book gives the answers. It recounts the two battles at Anzio {u2013} the high-level plans, debates and doubts of the politicians and the generals, and the muddy, bloody struggle of the GIs on the beach. While the U.S. Fifth Army (really an international force) hesitated ashore, the Germans reacted swiftly. Within a month of the landing, Allied casualties reached 19,000. German panzer counterattacks were savage. German air harassed shipping to the beach. Meanwhile, to the south, in the area of Cassino with its famous abbey, the Allied armies struggled to break through. Together they were supposed to drive the Germans northward but there were to be many deaths before the Germans retreated. This book is a rich portrait gallery of personalities like Alexander, Clark, Lucas and Truscott."
