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

The Battle of Sicily: How the Allies Lost Their Chance for Total Victory
ISBN-10
081173403X
ISBN-13
9780811734035
Category
History
Pages
368
Language
English
Published
2007-06-10
Publisher
Stackpole Books
Authors
Samuel W. Mitcham, Jr., Friedrich Von Stauffenberg

Description

The Battle of Sicily is the story of Germany's "Dunkirk"--a successful evacuation that allowed 40,000 troops to escape to Italy, where they later fought the Allies to a bloody stalemate. The authors recount the campaign from the Axis strategy point of view--something no English-language book has ever done--and argue persuasively that the Allies wasted a chance for a total victory that might have foreshortened the war. Black-and-white inserts.

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