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9780811734035

The Battle of Sicily How the Allies Lost Their Chance for Total Victory

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  • ISBN13:

    9780811734035

  • ISBN10:

    081173403X

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2007-06-18
  • Publisher: Stackpole Books
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Summary

On July 10, 1943, American, British, and Canadian forces launched a massive amphibious and airborne assault on Sicily. After a five-week campaign-during which American Gen. George Patton and British Gen. Bernard Montgomery conducted their famous race to Messina-Italian dictator Benito Mussolini had been deposed, and the island lay in Allied hands. Yet total victory eluded them. With only four divisions, the Germans held off the invaders for thirty-eight days and then escaped, dooming the Allies to a prolonged battle of attrition for Italy. Book jacket.

Author Biography

Samuel W. Mitcham, Jr., is the author of more than twenty books on World War II. He lives in Louisiana. Friedrich von Stauffenberg, who died in 1989, was an expert on German-armored warfare in World War II.

Table of Contents

Mapsp. vii
Tablesp. viii
Introductionp. ix
Acknowledgmentsp. xi
The Great Blunderp. 1
Uneasy Alliesp. 9
The Deteriorating Axisp. 13
The Defendersp. 21
Pantelleria, the Plan, and the Air Battlesp. 41
The Allies Approachp. 63
D-Dayp. 73
Counterattack and Retreatp. 121
Primosole Bridgep. 137
Enter General Hubep. 169
Patton Breaks Loosep. 193
The Battles of the Hauptkampfliniep. 231
The Allies Close Inp. 259
Operation Lehrgang: A Panzer Corps Escapesp. 283
Epiloguep. 315
Tables of Equivalent Rankp. 327
Evolution and Titles of the Hermann Goering Panzer Unitp. 329
Order of Battle, Italian 6th Army, July 10, 1943p. 330
Order of Battle, 15th Army Group, July 10, 1943p. 335
Notesp. 341
Bibliographyp. 355
Indexp. 360
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