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Assault on Sicily: Monty and Patton at War

Door Ken Ford

Categorie
WO II
Boeknummer
#327732-XE3
Titel
Assault on Sicily: Monty and Patton at War
Auteur
Ford, Ken
Boektype
Gebonden hardcover
Uitgeverij
Stroud : Sutton Publishing
Jaar van uitgave
2007
ISBN10
0750943017
ISBN13
9780750943017
Taal
Engels
Beschrijving
Original black boards, gilt lettered spine, illustrated with b/w photographs, 8vo.
Samenvatting
On the night of 9/10 July 1943, an Allied armada of 2,590 vessels launched one of the largest combined operations of the Second World War - the invasion of Sicily, Operation 'Husky'. Over the next 38 days, half a million British, Canadian, American and French soldiers, sailors, and airmen grappled with their German and Italian counterparts for control of this rocky outcrop of Hitler's 'Fortress Europe'. The Allied assault on Sicily featured airborne and amphibious landings; mountain warfare; international rivalry; poorly performing troops; tenacious German resistance; and, improvements in tactical air support and the ultimate Allied victory on the island. Almost the whole of the progress of the Second World War is illustrated by this one campaign. It was the only action where the whole All... (Lees verder)ied war effort was brought to bear on a single objective, with one army commanded by Patton and one army commanded by Montgomery. Both men were insufferable egoists and insubordinate commanders; they always chose to do their own thing, regardless of others' sensibilities and always with one eye on how history would see them. The seeds of rivalry between these two key Allied commanders that were sown in the Sicily campaign eventually grew to fruition in the battles for Normandy and the Ardennes.
Pagina's
272
Conditie
Goed — No dust jacket.
Prijs
€ 8,00

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