Fr. 29.90

Florence 1944

English · Paperback / Softback

Will be released 28.07.2026

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A highly illustrated look at the Allied push to stop the Germans across central Italy, culminating in a battle in the middle of Florence. Following the fighting at Anzio and Cassino in 1944, the Allies were in pursuit of the Germans, who had managed to get away when the Americans took Rome. With experienced troops recalled from Italy to participate in the invasions of Normandy and southern France, the Allied numbers dwindled, only partially replaced by three divisions. The Allies pushed on, following the Germans into central Italy in a bid to stop them getting to the Gothic Line. Fighting across Rome, Pisa, Leghorn, Lake Trasimene, Ancona and Florence, the Allies pushed their advance across the country. Troops from the US, UK, France, New Zealand, South Africa, Poland, and India fought in these campaigns, chasing the Germans as they withdrew to safety. With detailed maps, diagrams and period images, Italian historian Pier Paolo Battistelli sets the scene for this last push from Rome, showcasing the highly motorised fighting in multiple cities across central Italy, and explains why this was an Allied tactical failure.

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Authors Pier Paolo Battistelli, Battistelli Pier Paolo
Assisted by Johnny Shumate (Illustration), Shumate Johnny (Illustration)
Publisher Osprey Publishers
 
Languages English
Product format Paperback / Softback
Release 28.07.2026
 
EAN 9781472870506
ISBN 978-1-4728-7050-6
No. of pages 96
Series Campaign
Subjects Humanities, art, music > History

HISTORY / Europe / Germany, Germany, HISTORY / Europe / Italy, Italy, Second World War, Battles & campaigns, Land forces & warfare, Land forces and warfare, Central Italy, HISTORY / Military / Land Forces, Battles / military campaigns

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