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

Informationen zum Autor Samuel W. Mitcham, Jr., is the author of more than twenty books on World War II. He lives in Louisiana. Friedrich von Stauffenberg, who died in 1989, was an expert on German-armored warfare in World War II. Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung On July 10! 1943! American! British! and Canadian forces launched a massive amphibious and airborne assault on Sicily. After a five-week campaign--during which American Gen. George Patton and British Gen. Inhaltsverzeichnis The Great Blunder; Uneasy Allies; The Deteriorating Axis; The Defenders; Pantelleria! the Plan and the Air Battles; The Allies Approach; D-Day; Counterattack and retreat; Primosole Bridge; Enter General Hube; Patton Breaks Loose; The Battles of the Hauptkampflinie; The Allies Close In; Operation Lehrgang: A Panzer Corps Escapes; Epilogue; Index.

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• Authors: Samuel W Mitcham, Samuel W. Mitcham, Samuel W. Stauffenberg Mitcham, Samuel W. Mitcham Jr., Friedrich Von Stauffenberg, Friedrich von Stauffenberg
• Publisher: Stackpole Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 10.07.2007
• EAN: 9780811734035
• ISBN: 978-0-8117-3403-5
• No. of pages: 370
• Series: Stackpole Military History Series; Stackpole Military History; Stackpole Military History Series; Stackpole Military History
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous