Sicily - Salerno - Anzio

by Morison, Samuel Eliot

• ISBN13: 9780785813101
• ISBN10: 0785813101
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2001-03-01
• Publisher: Book Sales

Summary

This volume takes up the story of American naval activities in the Mediterranean, covering three major amphibious operations--the invasion of Sicily (HUSKY), the capture of the Salerno beachhead (AVALANCHE), and the long Anzio beachhead struggle (SHINGLE).

Author Biography

Samuel Eliot Morison, Professor Emeritus of American History at Harvard

Table of Contents

Preface	p. ix
Abbreviations	p. xxvii
Forward in the Mediterranean
The Mediterranean and World Strategy	p. 3
Strategic Questions at the Turn of the Year	p. 3
The Casablanca Conference, 14-23 January 1943	p. 6
Planning and Training for Sicily, January-June 1943	p. 12
Evolution of the Plan	p. 12
Forces and Training	p. 27
The Axis on the Defensive, January-July 1943	p. 34
The Royal Italian Navy	p. 34
Where Will the Allies Strike?	p. 44
The Defenses of Sicily	p. 47
The Sicilian Campaign
Preliminary Movements, 13 May-9 July 1943	p. 55
The Air Offensive	p. 55
Approach of the Western Naval Task Force	p. 61
The Licata Landings (Joss Force), 10-12 July	p. 71
Terrain, Arrival and Plan	p. 71
The Gaffi and Molla Landings	p. 79
The Salso and Falconara Landings	p. 86
The Gela Landings (Dime Force), 10-13 July	p. 92
The Rangers' Assault on Gela	p. 92
Attack, Counterattack and Naval Gunfire, 10 July	p. 98
Troubles of the LSTs, 10-11 July	p. 105
Navy Stops Tanks, 11 July	p. 109
Beachhead Secured, 11-13 July	p. 119
The Scoglitti Landings (Cent Force), 10-14 July	p. 126
The Beaches and the Assault, to 0630 July 10	p. 126
Unloading Problems and Complications, 10-12 July	p. 138
The 45th Division Ashore, 10-14 July	p. 143
The British Sector, 10-22 July	p. 148
Commands, Areas and Plans	p. 148
Pachino Peninsula Landings, 10-11 July	p. 152
Avola-Cassibile Landings, 10-13 July	p. 157
Fall of Syracuse and Augusta, 10-14 July	p. 159
Air Raids and Unloading, 11-14 July	p. 164
Operations of the Covering Forces	p. 167
Sicily Overrun, 11 July-7 August	p. 170
Allied and Axis Objectives	p. 170
On to Agrigento, 11-18 July	p. 173
The Battle of the Catania Plain, 14-20 July	p. 177
The Race to Palermo, 18-22 July	p. 181
Decline and Fall of Mussolini, 19-26 July	p. 185
Naval Operations on the North Shore	p. 187
The Three-Pronged Eastward Thrust, 29 July-7 August	p. 195
Sicily Conquered - and Evacuated, 3-17 August	p. 201
On to Messina, 7-16 August	p. 201
The Enemy Evacuation	p. 209
Conclusion to Operation Husky	p. 218
Salerno
Preliminaries to Salerno, May-September 1943	p. 227
Discussion and Decision, 12 May-26 July	p. 227
First Mainland Landings, 3-9 September	p. 233
Italy Joins the Allies	p. 237
Commands, Plans and Approach, 30 August-8 September	p. 246
D-day on the Salerno Beaches, 9 September 1943	p. 254
Paestum, the American Sector	p. 254
The British Sector	p. 271
The Battle for the Salerno Beachhead, 10-17 September	p. 279
Ground Fighting and Naval Gunfire, 10-12 September	p. 279
The Crisis of 13-14 September	p. 286
Ground Fighting and Naval Gunfire, 15-17 September	p. 295
Build-up and Diversion	p. 297
Avalanche Concluded, 18 September-13 October	p. 302
Breaking out of the Beachhead	p. 302
Sardinia and Corsica	p. 304
Naples Secured; Parthian Shots	p. 310
Anzio
Winter Stalemate, November 1943-January 1944	p. 317
Alarums and Excursions	p. 317
Mr. Churchill Adopts Shingle	p. 323
Anzio Plans and Preparations, 1-21 January	p. 328
The Assault on Anzio-Nettuno, 22-28 January 1944	p. 335
The Landings, 22 January	p. 335
Establishing the Beachhead, 23-28 January	p. 344
General Lucas's Tactics	p. 351
Beachhead Struggle, 28 January-30 April 1944	p. 354
First Advance Halted, 28-31 January	p. 354
VI Corps on the Defensive, 1-29 February	p. 360
Stagnation, March-April	p. 366
Breakout, 11 May-4 June 1944	p. 374
Gustav Line Broken, 11-25 May	p. 374
On to Rome, 22 May-4 June	p. 377
Conclusion	p. 380
United States Naval Forces Engaged in the Assault on Sicily	p. 385
Naval Forces Engaged in the Salerno Operation	p. 391
Naval Forces Engaged in the Assault on Anzio	p. 395
Index	p. 399
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