Backwater War: The Allied Campaign in Italy, 1943-1945
- ISBN-10
- 0275974782
- ISBN-13
- 9780275974787
- Category
- History / Military / General
- Pages
- 224
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2002
- Publisher
- Greenwood Publishing Group
- Author
- Edwin P. Hoyt
Description
Details the planning, execution, and implications of the Allied landings on the Italian peninsula.
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