Desperate Valour: Triumph at Anzio
The Allied landings at Anzio, on the Italian coast, six months before the Normandy invasion were intended as an end run around the stalemate that had developed in Italy. The planners hoped that the Allied invasion would surprise the Germans and threaten their defensive line in southern Europe. But the invasion stalled a few miles inland and the Allies faced a five-month bloody fight. In the end, American and British troops accomplished one of the great defensive stands of all time, turning defeat into victory.Using previously unpublished archival material, including memoirs from American, British, and German veterans, award-winning historian…
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- ISBN: 978-0-306-82572-9
- EAN: 9780306825729
- Produktnummer: 26014878
- Verlag: Da Capo Pr Inc
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2018
- Seitenangabe: 512 S.
- Masse: H23.1 cm x B15.7 cm x D4.3 cm 726 g
- Gewicht: 726
Über den Autor
Award-winning author and military historian Flint Whitlock is a former US Army officer who served on active duty from 1965 to 1970, including a tour in Vietnam. His books include Soldiers on Skis, The Rock of Anzio, and The Fighting First, among others. He is Editor-in-Chief of Military History Quarterly and a regular contributor to World War II and WW II History magazines. President of the newly formed Colorado Military History Museum, Whitlock lives in Denver, Colorado.
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